cruitíneach

Irish

Etymology

From cruitín (diminutive of cruit (“hump”)) + -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠəˈtʲiːnʲəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲiːnʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲinʲa(x)/

Noun

cruitíneach m (genitive singular cruitínigh, nominative plural cruitínigh)

1. hunchback, humpback (person with kytosis)

   Synonyms: cruiteachán, dronnachán

Declension

Declension of cruitíneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cruitíneach cruitínigh Vocative a chruitínigh a chruitíneacha Genitive cruitínigh cruitíneach Dative cruitíneach cruitínigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cruitíneach na cruitínigh Genitive an chruitínigh na gcruitíneach Dative leis an gcruitíneach don chruitíneach leis na cruitínigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruitíneach	chruitíneach	gcruitíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cruitíneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruitíneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruitíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44