ceartaiseach
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editceartaiseach (genitive singular masculine ceartaisigh, genitive singular feminine ceartaisí, plural ceartaiseacha, comparative ceartaisí)
- insistent on one's rights
- disinclined to do more than one's strict share of work
- self-righteous, dogmatic
- conceited, priggish
Declension
editDeclension of ceartaiseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceartaiseach | cheartaiseach | ceartaiseacha; cheartaiseacha² | |
Vocative | cheartaisigh | ceartaiseacha | ||
Genitive | ceartaisí | ceartaiseacha | ceartaiseach | |
Dative | ceartaiseach; cheartaiseach¹ |
cheartaiseach; cheartaisigh (archaic) |
ceartaiseacha; cheartaiseacha² | |
Comparative | níos ceartaisí | |||
Superlative | is ceartaisí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceartaiseach | cheartaiseach | gceartaiseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceartaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “priggish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “self-righteous”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024