U-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From U +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

U-chruthach (genitive singular masculine U-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine U-chruthaí, plural U-chruthacha, comparative U-chruthaí)

1. U-shaped

Declension

Declension of U-chruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	U-chruthach	U-chruthach	U-chruthacha
Vocative	U-chruthaigh		U-chruthacha
Genitive		U-chruthaí	U-chruthacha	U-chruthach
Dative	U-chruthach	U-chruthach; U-chruthaigh (archaic)	U-chruthacha
Comparative	níos U-chruthaí
Superlative	is U-chruthaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
U-chruthach	nU-chruthach	hU-chruthach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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