craobhach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠeːvˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwa(x)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh).

Noun

craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh)

1. (collective) branches

Declension

Declension of craobhach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative craobhach Vocative a chraobhaigh Genitive craobhaigh Dative craobhach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an craobhach Genitive an chraobhaigh Dative leis an gcraobhach don chraobhach

Etymology 2

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

craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable)

1. branched, branching
2. ramose; arabesque (of design)
3. flowing, spreading
4. (biology) dendritic

Declension

Declension of craobhach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craobhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cráebach (having branches, branchy)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cráebach (branches, branch-wood)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language