From caipiteal (“capital”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
caipitleach (genitive singular masculine caipitligh, genitive singular feminine caipitlí, plural caipitleacha, comparative caipitlí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caipitleach | chaipitleach | caipitleacha; chaipitleacha² | |
Vocative | chaipitligh | caipitleacha | ||
Genitive | caipitlí | caipitleacha | caipitleach | |
Dative | caipitleach; chaipitleach¹ |
chaipitleach; chaipitligh (archaic) |
caipitleacha; chaipitleacha² | |
Comparative | níos caipitlí | |||
Superlative | is caipitlí |
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 |
caipitleach | chaipitleach | gcaipitleach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |