ceisteach

Irish

Etymology

ceist (“question”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceisteach (genitive singular masculine ceistigh, genitive singular feminine ceistí, plural ceisteacha, comparative ceistí)

  1. questioning
  2. (grammar) interrogative

Declension
Declension of ceisteach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ceisteach cheisteach ceisteacha;
cheisteacha²
Vocative cheistigh ceisteacha
Genitive ceistí ceisteacha ceisteach
Dative ceisteach;
cheisteach¹		 cheisteach;
cheistigh (archaic)		 ceisteacha;
cheisteacha²
Comparative níos ceistí
Superlative is ceistí

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
ceisteach cheisteach gceisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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