cíoch-chruthach
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