caintigh

Irish

Alternative forms

cainntigh (superseded)^[1]

Etymology 1

From caint +‎ -igh.

Verb

caintigh (present analytic caintíonn, future analytic cainteoidh, verbal noun caintiú, past participle caintithe)

to speak [with le ‘to’]
to talk [with ar ‘about’]
to mention [with ar]
to accost

Declension

conjugation of caintigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	caintiú
past participle	caintithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	caintím	caintíonn tú; caintír^†	caintíonn sé, sí	caintímid; caintíonn muid	caintíonn sibh	caintíonn siad; caintíd^†	a chaintíonn; a chaintíos / a gcaintíonn*	caintítear
past	chaintigh mé; chaintíos	chaintigh tú; chaintís	chaintigh sé, sí	chaintíomar; chaintigh muid	chaintigh sibh; chaintíobhair	chaintigh siad; chaintíodar	a chaintigh / ar chaintigh*	caintíodh
past habitual	chaintínn / gcaintínn‡‡	chaintíteá / gcaintíteá‡‡	chaintíodh sé, sí / gcaintíodh sé, sí‡‡	chaintímis; chaintíodh muid / gcaintímis‡‡; gcaintíodh muid‡‡	chaintíodh sibh / gcaintíodh sibh‡‡	chaintídís; chaintíodh siad / gcaintídís‡‡; gcaintíodh siad‡‡	a chaintíodh / a gcaintíodh*	chaintítí / gcaintítí‡‡
future	cainteoidh mé; cainteod; cainteochaidh mé^†	cainteoidh tú; cainteoir^†; cainteochaidh tú^†	cainteoidh sé, sí; cainteochaidh sé, sí^†	cainteoimid; cainteoidh muid; cainteochaimid^†; cainteochaidh muid^†	cainteoidh sibh; cainteochaidh sibh^†	cainteoidh siad; cainteoid^†; cainteochaidh siad^†	a chainteoidh; a chainteos; a chainteochaidh^†; a chainteochas^† / a gcainteoidh; a gcainteochaidh^†	cainteofar; cainteochar^†
conditional	chainteoinn; chainteochainn^† / gcainteoinn‡‡; gcainteochainn^†‡‡	chainteofá; chainteochthá^† / gcainteofá‡‡; gcainteochthá^†‡‡	chainteodh sé, sí; chainteochadh sé, sí^† / gcainteodh sé, sí‡‡; gcainteochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	chainteoimis; chainteodh muid; chainteochaimis^†; chainteochadh muid^† / gcainteoimis‡‡; gcainteodh muid‡‡; gcainteochaimis^†‡‡; gcainteochadh muid^†‡‡	chainteodh sibh; chainteochadh sibh^† / gcainteodh sibh‡‡; gcainteochadh sibh^†‡‡	chainteoidís; chainteodh siad; chainteochadh siad^† / gcainteoidís‡‡; gcainteodh siad‡‡; gcainteochadh siad^†‡‡	a chainteodh; a chainteochadh^† / a gcainteodh; a gcainteochadh^†	chainteofaí; chainteochthaí^† / gcainteofaí‡‡; gcainteochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go gcaintí mé; go gcaintíod^†	go gcaintí tú; go gcaintír^†	go gcaintí sé, sí	go gcaintímid; go gcaintí muid	go gcaintí sibh	go gcaintí siad; go gcaintíd^†	—	go gcaintítear
past	dá gcaintínn	dá gcaintíteá	dá gcaintíodh sé, sí	dá gcaintímis; dá gcaintíodh muid	dá gcaintíodh sibh	dá gcaintídís; dá gcaintíodh siad	—	dá gcaintítí
imperative
–	caintím	caintigh	caintíodh sé, sí	caintímis	caintígí; caintídh^†	caintídís	—	caintítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caintigh

inflection of cainteach:
1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of *caintigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
caintigh	chaintigh	gcaintigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ “caintigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

[1] “caintigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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