cíocrasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cíocras (“greed, eagerness”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]cíocrasach (genitive singular masculine cíocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine cíocrasaí, plural cíocrasacha, comparative cíocrasaí)
- Alternative form of cíocrach (“greedy, eager”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cíocrasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cíocrasach | chíocrasach | cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha² | |
| Vocative | chíocrasaigh | cíocrasacha | ||
| Genitive | cíocrasaí | cíocrasacha | cíocrasach | |
| Dative | cíocrasach; chíocrasach¹ |
chíocrasach; chíocrasaigh (archaic) |
cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cíocrasaí | |||
| Superlative | is cíocrasaí | |||
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 |
| cíocrasach | chíocrasach | gcíocrasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN