crómatach
Irish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
crómatach (genitive singular masculine crómataigh, genitive singular feminine crómataí, plural crómatacha)
Declension
Declension of crómatach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | crómatach | chrómatach | crómatacha; chrómatacha² | |
Vocative | chrómataigh | crómatacha | ||
Genitive | crómataí | crómatacha | crómatach | |
Dative | crómatach; chrómatach¹ |
chrómatach; chrómataigh (archaic) |
crómatacha; chrómatacha² | |
Comparative | níos crómataí | |||
Superlative | is crómataí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (colour): glédhathach
- (music): leath-thonach
Derived terms
- iseacrómatach (“isochromatic”)
- ortacrómatach (“orthochromatic”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
crómatach | chrómatach | gcrómatach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crómatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN