seangchruthach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From seang (“slender, slim, person”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
Adjective[edit]
seangchruthach (genitive singular masculine seangchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine seangchruthaí, plural seangchruthacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of seangchruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seangchruthach | sheangchruthach | seangchruthacha; sheangchruthacha² | |
| Vocative | sheangchruthaigh | seangchruthacha | ||
| Genitive | seangchruthaí | seangchruthacha | seangchruthach | |
| Dative | seangchruthach; sheangchruthach¹ |
sheangchruthach; sheangchruthaigh (archaic) |
seangchruthacha; sheangchruthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos seangchruthaí | |||
| Superlative | is seangchruthaí | |||
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 |
| seangchruthach | sheangchruthach after an, tseangchruthach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seangchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “slightly-built”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “seangchruthach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.