cruachroíoch
Irish
Etymology
From crua (“hard”) + croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
cruachroíoch (genitive singular masculine cruachroíoch, genitive singular feminine cruachroíche, plural cruachroíocha, comparative cruachroíche)
Declension
Declension of cruachroíoch
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cruachroíoch | chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha² | |
Vocative | chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha | ||
Genitive | cruachroíche | cruachroíocha | cruachroíoch | |
Dative | cruachroíoch; chruachroíoch¹ |
chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha² | |
Comparative | níos cruachroíche | |||
Superlative | is cruachroíche |
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
- cruachroíocht f (“hard-heartedness”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruachroíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN