cráifeach

Irish

Alternative forms

• crábhthach, cráibhtheach

Etymology

From Old Irish cráibdech, cráifech (“pious, devout; faithful, believing”), from crábud (“piety, devotion, religion”) + -ach (compare modern crábhadh).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɑːfʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠaːfʲa(x)/

Adjective

cráifeach (genitive singular masculine cráifigh, genitive singular feminine cráifí, plural cráifeacha, comparative cráifí)

1. religious
2. pious, devout

Declension

Declension of cráifeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cráifeach	chráifeach	cráifeacha; chráifeacha²
Vocative	chráifigh		cráifeacha
Genitive		cráifí	cráifeacha	cráifeach
Dative	cráifeach; chráifeach¹	chráifeach; chráifigh (archaic)	cráifeacha; chráifeacha²
Comparative	níos cráifí
Superlative	is cráifí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• béalchráifeach
• bréagchráifeach
• cráifeacht
• éagráifeach

Related terms

• crábhadh m (“religious practice; piety, devotion”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cráifeach	chráifeach	gcráifeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cráifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráibdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cráiḃṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 187
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN