cithdhíonach

Irish

Etymology

From cith (“shower”) +‎ díonach (“impermeable, proof”).

Adjective

cithdhíonach (genitive singular masculine cithdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine cithdhíonaí, plural cithdhíonacha, comparative cithdhíonaí)

1. showerproof

Declension

Declension of cithdhíonach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cithdhíonach	chithdhíonach	cithdhíonacha; chithdhíonacha²
Vocative	chithdhíonaigh		cithdhíonacha
Genitive		cithdhíonaí	cithdhíonacha	cithdhíonach
Dative	cithdhíonach; chithdhíonach¹	chithdhíonach; chithdhíonaigh (archaic)	cithdhíonacha; chithdhíonacha²
Comparative	níos cithdhíonaí
Superlative	is cithdhíonaí

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
cithdhíonach	chithdhíonach	gcithdhíonach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “showerproof”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024