cruabhéalach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From crua (“hard”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
cruabhéalach (genitive singular masculine cruabhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cruabhéalaí, plural cruabhéalacha, comparative cruabhéalaí)
- hard-mouthed (of horse)
Declension[edit]
Declension of cruabhéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha² | |
| Vocative | chruabhéalaigh | cruabhéalacha | ||
| Genitive | cruabhéalaí | cruabhéalacha | cruabhéalach | |
| Dative | cruabhéalach; chruabhéalach¹ |
chruabhéalach; chruabhéalaigh (archaic) |
cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cruabhéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is cruabhéalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms[edit]
- béalbhraiteach (“tender-mouthed”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | gcruabhéalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruabhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN