cinéiteach

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “one who puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Adjective

cinéiteach (genitive singular masculine cinéitigh, genitive singular feminine cinéití, plural cinéiteacha, comparative cinéití)

1. kinetic

Declension

Declension of cinéiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cinéiteach	chinéiteach	cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha²
Vocative	chinéitigh		cinéiteacha
Genitive		cinéití	cinéiteacha	cinéiteach
Dative	cinéiteach; chinéiteach¹	chinéiteach; chinéitigh (archaic)	cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha²
Comparative	níos cinéití
Superlative	is cinéití

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

• fuinneamh cinéiteach (“kinetic energy”)
• samhail chinéiteach (“kinetic model”)
• teoiric chinéiteach na ngás (“kinetic theory of gases”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cinéiteach	chinéiteach	gcinéiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.