ceachartha
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ceachartha
- stingy, mean, niggardly, miserly, penurious
- Synonyms: sprionlaithe, míghnaíúil, ocrach
Declension edit
Declension of ceachartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceachartha | cheachartha | ceachartha; cheachartha² | |
| Vocative | cheachartha | ceachartha | ||
| Genitive | ceachartha | ceachartha | ceachartha | |
| Dative | ceachartha; cheachartha¹ |
cheachartha | ceachartha; cheachartha² | |
| Comparative | níos ceachartha | |||
| Superlative | is ceachartha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceachartha | cheachartha | gceachartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “ceachartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cecharda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceaċarḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceachartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
