craobhach
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh).
Noun
[edit]craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of craobhach
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish cráebach (“having branches, branchy; of hair: branching, in locks, tressed; woody; winding; arabesqued”), from cráeb (“branch”); equivalent to craobh (“branch”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of craobhach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | craobhach | chraobhach | craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
Vocative | chraobhaigh | craobhacha | ||
Genitive | craobhaí | craobhacha | craobhach | |
Dative | craobhach; chraobhach¹ |
chraobhach; chraobhaigh (archaic) |
craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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]- coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
craobhach | chraobhach | gcraobhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craobhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cráebach (having branches, branchy)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cráebach (branches, branch-wood)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language