cáirigineach

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Irish

Etymology

From cáiri- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

cáirigineach (genitive singular masculine cáiriginigh, genitive singular feminine cáiriginí, plural cáirigineacha, comparative cáiriginí)

  1. (dentistry) cariogenic

Declension

Declension of cáirigineach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cáirigineach cháirigineach cáirigineacha;
cháirigineacha2
vocative cháiriginigh cáirigineacha
genitive cáiriginí cáirigineacha cáirigineach
dative cáirigineach;
cháirigineach1 		cháirigineach;
cháiriginigh (archaic) 		cáirigineacha;
cháirigineacha2
Comparative níos cáiriginí
Superlative is cáiriginí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáirigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
cáirigineach cháirigineach gcáirigineach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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