cuircíneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cuircíneach (genitive singular masculine cuircínigh, genitive singular feminine cuircíní, plural cuircíneacha, comparative cuircíní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cuircíneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cuircíneach | chuircíneach | cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha² | |
| Vocative | chuircínigh | cuircíneacha | ||
| Genitive | cuircíní | cuircíneacha | cuircíneach | |
| Dative | cuircíneach; chuircíneach¹ |
chuircíneach; chuircínigh (archaic) |
cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cuircíní | |||
| Superlative | is cuircíní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuircíneach | chuircíneach | gcuircíneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuircíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN