# caintigh
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* cainntigh (superseded)

### Etymology 1

From caint +‎ -igh.

#### Verb

caintigh (present analytic caintíonn, future analytic cainteoidh, verbal noun caintiú, past participle caintithe)
* to speak [with le ‘to’]
* to talk [with ar ‘about’]
* to mention [with ar]
* to accost

##### Declension

| verbal noun | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú | caintiú |
| past participle | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe | caintithe |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | caintím | caintíonn tú; caintír$^†$ | caintíonn sé, sí | caintímid; caintíonn muid | caintíonn sibh | caintíonn siad; caintíd$^†$ | a chaintíonn; a chaintíos / a gcaintíonn* | caintítear |
| past | chaintigh mé; chaintíos | chaintigh tú; chaintís | chaintigh sé, sí | chaintíomar; chaintigh muid | chaintigh sibh; chaintíobhair | chaintigh siad; chaintíodar | a chaintigh / ar chaintigh* | caintíodh |
| past habitual | chaintínn / gcaintínn‡‡ | chaintíteá / gcaintíteá‡‡ | chaintíodh sé, sí / gcaintíodh sé, sí‡‡ | chaintímis; chaintíodh muid / gcaintímis‡‡; gcaintíodh muid‡‡ | chaintíodh sibh / gcaintíodh sibh‡‡ | chaintídís; chaintíodh siad / gcaintídís‡‡; gcaintíodh siad‡‡ | a chaintíodh / a gcaintíodh* | chaintítí / gcaintítí‡‡ |
| 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$^†$ / a gcainteoidh*; a gcainteochaidh*$^†$ | cainteofar; cainteochar$^†$ |
| conditional | chainteoinn; chainteochainn$^†$ / gcainteoinn‡‡; gcainteochainn$^†$‡‡ | chainteofá; chainteochthá$^†$ / gcainteofá‡‡; gcainteochthá$^†$‡‡ | chainteodh sé, sí; chainteochadh sé, sí$^†$ / gcainteodh sé, sí‡‡; gcainteochadh sé, sí$^†$‡‡ | chainteoimis; chainteodh muid; chainteochaimis$^†$; chainteochadh muid$^†$ / gcainteoimis‡‡; gcainteodh muid‡‡; gcainteochaimis$^†$‡‡; gcainteochadh muid$^†$‡‡ | chainteodh sibh; chainteochadh sibh$^†$ / gcainteodh sibh‡‡; gcainteochadh sibh$^†$‡‡ | chainteoidís; chainteodh siad; chainteochadh siad$^†$ / gcainteoidís‡‡; gcainteodh siad‡‡; gcainteochadh siad$^†$‡‡ | a chainteodh; a chainteochadh$^†$ / a gcainteodh*; a gcainteochadh*$^†$ | chainteofaí; chainteochthaí$^†$ / gcainteofaí‡‡; gcainteochthaí$^†$‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| 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 |||||||||
| – | caintím | caintigh | caintíodh sé, sí | caintímis | caintígí; caintídh$^†$ | caintídís | — | caintítear |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caintiugad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cainntiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caintigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

caintigh
* inflection of cainteach:
** masculine vocative/genitive singular
** (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ “caintigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy