cíoch-chruthach
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cíoch (“breast”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
Adjective
[edit]cíoch-chruthach (genitive singular masculine cíoch-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine cíoch-chruthaí, plural cíoch-chruthacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cíoch-chruthach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cíoch-chruthach | chíoch-chruthach | cíoch-chruthacha; chíoch-chruthacha² | |
Vocative | chíoch-chruthaigh | cíoch-chruthacha | ||
Genitive | cíoch-chruthaí | cíoch-chruthacha | cíoch-chruthach | |
Dative | cíoch-chruthach; chíoch-chruthach¹ |
chíoch-chruthach; chíoch-chruthaigh (archaic) |
cíoch-chruthacha; chíoch-chruthacha² | |
Comparative | níos cíoch-chruthaí | |||
Superlative | is cíoch-chruthaí |
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 |
cíoch-chruthach | chíoch-chruthach | gcíoch-chruthach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoch-chruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN