creathnach
English
Etymology
From Irish creathnach.
Noun
creathnach (uncountable)
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
creathnach (genitive singular masculine creathnaigh, genitive singular feminine creathnaí, plural creathnacha, comparative creathnaí)
Declension
Declension of creathnach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | creathnach | chreathnach | creathnacha; chreathnacha² | |
Vocative | chreathnaigh | creathnacha | ||
Genitive | creathnaí | creathnacha | creathnach | |
Dative | creathnach; chreathnach¹ |
chreathnach; chreathnaigh (archaic) |
creathnacha; chreathnacha² | |
Comparative | níos creathnaí | |||
Superlative | is creathnaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
Noun
creathnach f (genitive singular creathnaí)
- (tiny-shelled) dulse
Declension
Declension of creathnach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
creathnach | chreathnach | gcreathnach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creathnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “creathnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “creathnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024