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caifeach f (genitive singular caifí, nominative plural caifeacha)
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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From Old Irish caithmech (“lavish, generous”), from caithem. By surface analysis, caitheamh + -ach.
caifeach (genitive singular masculine caifigh, genitive singular feminine caifí, plural caifeacha, comparative caifí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caifeach | chaifeach | caifeacha; chaifeacha² | |
| Vocative | chaifigh | caifeacha | ||
| Genitive | caifí | caifeacha | caifeach | |
| Dative | caifeach; chaifeach¹ |
chaifeach; chaifigh (archaic) |
caifeacha; chaifeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos caifí | |||
| Superlative | is caifí | |||
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 | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caifeach | chaifeach | gcaifeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||