cros-síolrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cros- (“cross-”) + síolrach (“breed, progeny”).
Adjective
[edit]cros-síolrach (genitive singular masculine cros-síolraigh, genitive singular feminine cros-síolraí, plural cros-síolracha)
- (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid
- Synonym: hibrideach
Declension
[edit]Declension of cros-síolrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cros-síolrach | chros-síolrach | cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha² | |
Vocative | chros-síolraigh | cros-síolracha | ||
Genitive | cros-síolraí | cros-síolracha | cros-síolrach | |
Dative | cros-síolrach; chros-síolrach¹ |
chros-síolrach; chros-síolraigh (archaic) |
cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha² | |
Comparative | níos cros-síolraí | |||
Superlative | is cros-síolraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]cros-síolrach m (genitive singular cros-síolraigh, nominative plural cros-síolraigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cros-síolrach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cros-síolrach | chros-síolrach | gcros-síolrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cros-síolrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN