comhchruthach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From comh- (“mutual, joint, common”) + cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
comhchruthach (genitive singular masculine comhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchruthaí, plural comhchruthacha, comparative comhchruthaí)
Declension edit
Declension of comhchruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | comhchruthach | chomhchruthach | comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha² | |
| Vocative | chomhchruthaigh | comhchruthacha | ||
| Genitive | comhchruthaí | comhchruthacha | comhchruthach | |
| Dative | comhchruthach; chomhchruthach¹ |
chomhchruthach; chomhchruthaigh (archaic) |
comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos comhchruthaí | |||
| Superlative | is comhchruthaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhchruthach | chomhchruthach | gcomhchruthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN