cantalach

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠəlˠəx]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈkan̪ˠt̪ˠəlˠa(h)]

Adjective

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

peevish, cranky (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)

Declension

Declension of cantalach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cantalach	chantalach	cantalacha; chantalacha²
Vocative	chantalaigh	chantalach	cantalacha
Genitive	chantalaigh	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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cantalach	chantalach	gcantalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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