crómatach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

crómatach (genitive singular masculine crómataigh, genitive singular feminine crómataí, plural crómatacha)

1. chromatic (colour)
2. (music) chromatic

Declension

Declension of crómatach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	crómatach	chrómatach	crómatacha; chrómatacha²
Vocative	chrómataigh		crómatacha
Genitive		crómataí	crómatacha	crómatach
Dative	crómatach; chrómatach¹	chrómatach; chrómataigh (archaic)	crómatacha; chrómatacha²
Comparative	níos crómataí
Superlative	is crómataí

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

Synonyms

• (colour): glédhathach
• (music): leath-thonach

Derived terms

• iseacrómatach (“isochromatic”)
• ortacrómatach (“orthochromatic”)

References

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