croschineálach

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ cineál (“type, variety, strain”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croschineálach (genitive singular masculine croschineálaigh, genitive singular feminine croschineálaí, plural croschineálacha)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of croschineálach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	croschineálach	chroschineálach	croschineálacha; chroschineálacha2
vocative	chroschineálaigh		croschineálacha
genitive		croschineálaí	croschineálacha	croschineálach
dative	croschineálach; chroschineálach1	chroschineálach; chroschineálaigh (archaic)	croschineálacha; chroschineálacha2
Comparative	níos croschineálaí
Superlative	is croschineálaí

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

Synonyms

• cros-síolrach
• hibrideach

Noun

croschineálach m (genitive singular croschineálaigh, nominative plural croschineálaigh)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of croschineálach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative croschineálach croschineálaigh vocative a chroschineálaigh a chroschineálacha genitive croschineálaigh croschineálach dative croschineálach croschineálaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an croschineálach na croschineálaigh genitive an chroschineálaigh na gcroschineálach dative leis an gcroschineálach don chroschineálach leis na croschineálaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of croschineálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croschineálach	chroschineálach	gcroschineálach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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