ceartaiseach
Irish
Adjective
ceartaiseach (genitive singular masculine ceartaisigh, genitive singular feminine ceartaisí, plural ceartaiseacha, comparative ceartaisí)
- insistent on one's rights
- disinclined to do more than one's strict share of work
- self-righteous, dogmatic
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceartaiseach | cheartaiseach | gceartaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "ceartaiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “priggish” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “self-righteous” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.