crógach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
crógach (genitive singular masculine crógaigh, genitive singular feminine crógaí, plural crógacha, comparative crógaí)
- Synonym of cróga (“brave; hardy; lively, spirited”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of crógach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | crógach | chrógach | crógacha; chrógacha² | |
| Vocative | chrógaigh | crógacha | ||
| Genitive | crógaí | crógacha | crógach | |
| Dative | crógach; chrógach¹ |
chrógach; chrógaigh (archaic) |
crógacha; chrógacha² | |
| Comparative | níos crógaí | |||
| Superlative | is crógaí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| crógach | chrógach | gcrógach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cróga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN