cruachraicneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From crua (“hard”) + craiceann (“skin; surface”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cruachraicneach (genitive singular masculine cruachraicnigh, genitive singular feminine cruachraicní, plural cruachraicneacha, comparative cruachraicní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cruachraicneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruachraicneach | chruachraicneach | cruachraicneacha; chruachraicneacha² | |
| Vocative | chruachraicnigh | cruachraicneacha | ||
| Genitive | cruachraicní | cruachraicneacha | cruachraicneach | |
| Dative | cruachraicneach; chruachraicneach¹ |
chruachraicneach; chruachraicnigh (archaic) |
cruachraicneacha; chruachraicneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cruachraicní | |||
| Superlative | is cruachraicní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruachraicneach | chruachraicneach | gcruachraicneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruachraicneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN