cranrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cranrach (genitive singular masculine cranraigh, genitive singular feminine cranraí, plural cranracha, comparative cranraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cranrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cranrach | chranrach | cranracha; chranracha² | |
| Vocative | chranraigh | cranracha | ||
| Genitive | cranraí | cranracha | cranrach | |
| Dative | cranrach; chranrach¹ |
chranrach; chranraigh (archaic) |
cranracha; chranracha² | |
| Comparative | níos cranraí | |||
| Superlative | is cranraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cranrach | chranrach | gcranrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cranrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cranrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cranrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024