caintigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From caint +‎ -igh.

Verb

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

  1. to speak [with le ‘to’]
  2. to talk [with ar ‘about’]
  3. to mention [with ar]
  4. to accost
Declension
Conjugation of caintigh (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present caintím caintíonn tú;
caintír† 		caintíonn sé, sí caintímid;
caintíonn muid 		caintíonn sibh caintíonn siad;
caintíd† 		a chaintíonn; a chaintíos caintítear
past chaintigh mé; chaintíos chaintigh tú; chaintís chaintigh sé, sí chaintíomar; chaintigh muid chaintigh sibh; chaintíobhair chaintigh siad; chaintíodar a chaintigh caintíodh
past habitual chaintínn /
caintínn‡ 		chaintíteá /
caintíteᇠ		chaintíodh sé, sí /
caintíodh sé, sí‡ 		chaintímis; chaintíodh muid /
caintímis‡; caintíodh muid‡ 		chaintíodh sibh /
caintíodh sibh‡ 		chaintídís; chaintíodh /
caintídís‡; caintíodh siad‡ 		a chaintíodh chaintítí /
caintítí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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† cainteofar; cainteochar†
conditional chainteoinn; chainteochainn† /
cainteoinn‡; cainteochainn†‡ 		chainteofá; chainteochthᆠ/
cainteofá‡; cainteochthᆇ 		chainteodh sé, sí; chainteochadh sé, s토/
cainteodh sé, sí‡; cainteochadh sé, s톇 		chainteoimis; chainteodh muid; chainteochaimis†; chainteochadh muid† /
cainteoimis‡; cainteodh muid‡; cainteochaimis†‡; cainteochadh muid†‡ 		chainteodh sibh; chainteochadh sibh† /
cainteodh sibh‡; cainteochadh sibh†‡ 		chainteoidís; chainteodh siad; chainteochaidís†; chainteochadh siad† /
cainteoidís‡; cainteodh siad‡; cainteochaidís†‡; cainteochadh siad†‡ 		a chainteodh; a chainteochadh† chainteofaí; chainteochtha토/
cainteofaí‡; cainteochtha톇
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— caintím caintigh caintíodh sé, sí caintímis caintígí;
caintídh† 		caintídís — caintítear
past participle caintithe
verbal noun caintiú

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caintigh

  1. 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

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