cruamhuineálach

Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruamhuineálach (genitive singular masculine cruamhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruamhuineálaí, plural cruamhuineálacha, comparative cruamhuineálaí)

1. stiff-necked, obstinate

   Synonyms: ceanndána, ceanntréan, ciotrúnta, stuacach, dáigh

Declension

Declension of cruamhuineálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cruamhuineálach	chruamhuineálach	cruamhuineálacha; chruamhuineálacha²
Vocative	chruamhuineálaigh		cruamhuineálacha
Genitive		cruamhuineálaí	cruamhuineálacha	cruamhuineálach
Dative	cruamhuineálach; chruamhuineálach¹	chruamhuineálach; chruamhuineálaigh (archaic)	cruamhuineálacha; chruamhuineálacha²
Comparative	níos cruamhuineálaí
Superlative	is cruamhuineálaí

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
cruamhuineálach	chruamhuineálach	gcruamhuineálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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