From cáinaisnéis (“(governmental) budget”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
cáinaisnéiseach (genitive singular masculine cáinaisnéisigh, genitive singular feminine cáinaisnéisí, plural cáinaisnéiseacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cáinaisnéiseach | cháinaisnéiseach | cáinaisnéiseacha; cháinaisnéiseacha² | |
| Vocative | cháinaisnéisigh | cáinaisnéiseacha | ||
| Genitive | cáinaisnéisí | cáinaisnéiseacha | cáinaisnéiseach | |
| Dative | cáinaisnéiseach; cháinaisnéiseach¹ |
cháinaisnéiseach; cháinaisnéisigh (archaic) |
cáinaisnéiseacha; cháinaisnéiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cáinaisnéisí | |||
| Superlative | is cáinaisnéisí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cáinaisnéiseach | cháinaisnéiseach | gcáinaisnéiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||