ceachartha

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ceachaire +‎ -tha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcaxəɾˠə/[2]

Adjective

ceachartha

  1. stingy, mean, niggardly, miserly, penurious
    Synonyms: sprionlaithe, míghnaíúil, ocrach

Declension

Declension of ceachartha
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceachartha cheachartha ceachartha;
cheachartha2
vocative cheachartha ceachartha
genitive ceachartha ceachartha ceachartha
dative ceachartha;
cheachartha1 		cheachartha ceachartha;
cheachartha2
Comparative níos ceachartha
Superlative is ceachartha

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceachartha
radical lenition eclipsis
ceachartha cheachartha gceachartha

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

References

  1. ^ “ceachartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

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