ceisteach

Irish

Etymology

ceist (“question”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛʃtʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɛʃtʲa(x)/

Adjective

ceisteach (genitive singular masculine ceistigh, genitive singular feminine ceistí, plural ceisteacha, comparative ceistí)

1. questioning
2. (grammar) interrogative

Declension

Declension of ceisteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceisteach	cheisteach	ceisteacha; cheisteacha²
Vocative	cheistigh		ceisteacha
Genitive		ceistí	ceisteacha	ceisteach
Dative	ceisteach; cheisteach¹	cheisteach; cheistigh (archaic)	ceisteacha; cheisteacha²
Comparative	níos ceistí
Superlative	is ceistí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceisteach	cheisteach	gceisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceisteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN