cigilteach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cigileach
Etymology
From cigilt (“tickle, titillation”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
cigilteach (genitive singular masculine cigiltigh, genitive singular feminine cigiltí, plural cigilteacha, comparative cigiltí)
- ticklish
Declension
Declension of cigilteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cigilteach | chigilteach | cigilteacha; chigilteacha² | |
| Vocative | chigiltigh | cigilteacha | ||
| Genitive | cigiltí | cigilteacha | cigilteach | |
| Dative | cigilteach; chigilteach¹ | chigilteach; chigiltigh (archaic) | cigilteacha; chigilteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cigiltí | |||
| Superlative | is cigiltí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- lus cigilteach m (“sensitive plant”)
Related terms
- cigilteacht f (“ticklishness”)
- cigilteán m (“ticklesome person; touchy person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cigilteach | chigilteach | gcigilteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cigilteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cigilteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cigilteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.