cigilteach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom cigilt (“tickle, titillation”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editcigilteach (genitive singular masculine cigiltigh, genitive singular feminine cigiltí, plural cigilteacha, comparative cigiltí)
Declension
editDeclension of cigilteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cigilteach | chigilteach | cigilteacha; chigilteacha² | |
Vocative | chigiltigh | cigilteacha | ||
Genitive | cigiltí | cigilteacha | cigilteach | |
Dative | cigilteach; chigilteach¹ |
chigilteach; chigiltigh (archaic) |
cigilteacha; chigilteacha² | |
Comparative | níos cigiltí | |||
Superlative | is cigiltí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- lus cigilteach m (“sensitive plant”)
Related terms
edit- cigilteacht f (“ticklishness”)
- cigilteán m (“ticklesome person; touchy person”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cigilteach | chigilteach | gcigilteach |
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) “cigilteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cigilteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cigilteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024