cros-snáitheach

Irish

Etymology

From cros-snáithe (“cross-grain”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cros-snáitheach (genitive singular masculine cros-snáithigh, genitive singular feminine cros-snáithí, plural cros-snáitheacha, not comparable)

1. (carpentry) cross-grained

Declension

Declension of cros-snáitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cros-snáitheach	chros-snáitheach	cros-snáitheacha; chros-snáitheacha²
Vocative	chros-snáithigh		cros-snáitheacha
Genitive		cros-snáithí	cros-snáitheacha	cros-snáitheach
Dative	cros-snáitheach; chros-snáitheach¹	chros-snáitheach; chros-snáithigh (archaic)	cros-snáitheacha; chros-snáitheacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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
cros-snáitheach	chros-snáitheach	gcros-snáitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cros-snáitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN