ceartaiseach

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Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

ceartaiseach (genitive singular masculine ceartaisigh, genitive singular feminine ceartaisí, plural ceartaiseacha, comparative ceartaisí)

  1. insistent on one's rights
  2. disinclined to do more than one's strict share of work
  3. self-righteous, dogmatic
  4. conceited, priggish

Declension

Declension of ceartaiseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ceartaiseach cheartaiseach ceartaiseacha;
cheartaiseacha2
vocative cheartaisigh ceartaiseacha
genitive ceartaisí ceartaiseacha ceartaiseach
dative ceartaiseach;
cheartaiseach1 		cheartaiseach;
cheartaisigh (archaic) 		ceartaiseacha;
cheartaiseacha2
Comparative níos ceartaisí
Superlative is ceartaisí

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 ceartaiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceartaiseach cheartaiseach gceartaiseach

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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