cigilteach

Irish

Alternative forms

cigileach

Etymology

From cigilt (“tickle, titillation”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cigilteach (genitive singular masculine cigiltigh, genitive singular feminine cigiltí, plural cigilteacha, comparative cigiltí)

ticklish

Declension

Declension of cigilteach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cigilteach	chigilteach	cigilteacha; chigilteacha²
Vocative	chigiltigh	chigilteach	cigilteacha
Genitive	chigiltigh	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

lus cigilteach m (“sensitive plant”)

Related terms

cigilteacht f (“ticklishness”)
cigilteán m (“ticklesome person; touchy person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cigilteach	chigilteach	gcigilteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.