cráifeach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cráibdech, cráifech (“pious, faithful”), from crábud (“piety, devotion, religion”) + -ach (compare modern crábhadh).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cráifeach (genitive singular masculine cráifigh, genitive singular feminine cráifí, plural cráifeacha, comparative cráifí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cráifeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- crábhadh m (“religious practice; piety, devotion”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cráifeach | chráifeach | gcráifeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ “cráifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráibdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
Further reading
[edit]- 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