cantalach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • canntalach (obsolete)

Etymology

From cantal (“plaintiveness; peevishness, petulance”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): [ˈkaun̪ˠt̪ˠəlˠəx]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠəlˠəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠəlˠa(h)]

Adjective

cantalach (genitive singular masculine cantalaigh, genitive singular feminine cantalaí, plural cantalacha, comparative cantalaí)

  1. plaintive; querulous, peevish, cranky (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)

Declension

Declension of cantalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cantalach chantalach cantalacha;
chantalacha2
vocative chantalaigh cantalacha
genitive cantalaí cantalacha cantalach
dative cantalach;
chantalach1 		chantalach;
chantalaigh (archaic) 		cantalacha;
chantalacha2
Comparative níos cantalaí
Superlative is cantalaí

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

  • cantalachán m (“peevish person; grumbler, crank”)
  • cantalán m, cantalóir m (“peevish person; grumbler, crank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantalach
radical lenition eclipsis
cantalach chantalach gcantalach

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

References

Further reading

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