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)
Declension
Declension of croschineálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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
Noun
croschineálach m (genitive singular croschineálaigh, nominative plural croschineálaigh)
Declension
Declension of croschineálach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
croschineálach | chroschineálach | gcroschineálach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croschineálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN