cnaipíneach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cnaipíneach (genitive singular masculine cnaipínigh, genitive singular feminine cnaipíní, plural cnaipíneacha, comparative cnaipíní)
- Alternative form of cnapánach (“lumpy; gnarled, rugged”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cnaipíneach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cnaipíneach | chnaipíneach | cnaipíneacha; chnaipíneacha² | |
Vocative | chnaipínigh | cnaipíneacha | ||
Genitive | cnaipíní | cnaipíneacha | cnaipíneach | |
Dative | cnaipíneach; chnaipíneach¹ |
chnaipíneach; chnaipínigh (archaic) |
cnaipíneacha; chnaipíneacha² | |
Comparative | níos cnaipíní | |||
Superlative | is cnaipíní |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cnaipíneach | chnaipíneach | gcnaipíneach |
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) “cnaipíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN