caipitleach

Irish

Etymology

From caipiteal (capital) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

caipitleach (genitive singular masculine caipitligh, genitive singular feminine caipitlí, plural caipitleacha, comparative caipitlí)

  1. capitalist

Declension

Declension of caipitleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative caipitleach chaipitleach caipitleacha;
chaipitleacha2
vocative chaipitligh caipitleacha
genitive caipitlí caipitleacha caipitleach
dative caipitleach;
chaipitleach1
chaipitleach;
chaipitligh (archaic)
caipitleacha;
chaipitleacha2
Comparative níos caipitlí
Superlative is caipitlí

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caipitleach
radical lenition eclipsis
caipitleach chaipitleach gcaipitleach

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