cainteach

Irish

Etymology

From caint +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cainteach (genitive singular masculine caintigh, genitive singular feminine caintí, plural cainteacha, comparative caintí)

1. talkative, chatty

   Synonym: caintiúil

Declension

Declension of cainteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cainteach	chainteach	cainteacha; chainteacha²
Vocative	chaintigh		cainteacha
Genitive		caintí	cainteacha	cainteach
Dative	cainteach; chainteach¹	chainteach; chaintigh (archaic)	cainteacha; chainteacha²
Comparative	níos caintí
Superlative	is caintí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cainteach	chainteach	gcainteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cainteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cainteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024