caighdeánach

Irish

Etymology

From caighdeán +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

caighdeánach (genitive singular masculine caighdeánaigh, genitive singular feminine caighdeánaí, plural caighdeánacha, comparative caighdeánaí)

standard
Synonym: gnáth-

Declension

Declension of caighdeánach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	caighdeánach	chaighdeánach	caighdeánacha; chaighdeánacha²
Vocative	chaighdeánaigh	chaighdeánach	caighdeánacha
Genitive	chaighdeánaigh	caighdeánaí	caighdeánacha	caighdeánach
Dative	caighdeánach; chaighdeánach¹	chaighdeánach; chaighdeánaigh (archaic)	caighdeánacha; chaighdeánacha²
Comparative	níos caighdeánaí
Superlative	is caighdeánaí

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

Derived terms

fochaighdeánach (“substandard”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caighdeánach	chaighdeánach	gcaighdeánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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