carcanaigineach

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Irish

Etymology

From carcana- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

carcanaigineach (genitive singular masculine carcanaiginigh, genitive singular feminine carcanaiginí, plural carcanaigineacha, comparative carcanaiginí)

  1. (medicine) carcinogenic

Declension

Declension of carcanaigineach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative carcanaigineach charcanaigineach carcanaigineacha;
charcanaigineacha2
vocative charcanaiginigh carcanaigineacha
genitive carcanaiginí carcanaigineacha carcanaigineach
dative carcanaigineach;
charcanaigineach1
charcanaigineach;
charcanaiginigh (archaic)
carcanaigineacha;
charcanaigineacha2
Comparative níos carcanaiginí
Superlative is carcanaiginí

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 carcanaigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
carcanaigineach charcanaigineach gcarcanaigineach

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

Further reading

  • carcanaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024