Borrowed from Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “one who puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).
cinéiteach (genitive singular masculine cinéitigh, genitive singular feminine cinéití, plural cinéiteacha, comparative cinéití)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | cinéiteach | chinéiteach | cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha2 | |
vocative | chinéitigh | cinéiteacha | ||
genitive | cinéití | cinéiteacha | cinéiteach | |
dative | cinéiteach; chinéiteach1 |
chinéiteach; chinéitigh (archaic) |
cinéiteacha; chinéiteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos cinéití | |||
Superlative | is cinéití |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cinéiteach | chinéiteach | gcinéiteach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.