crómatach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
crómatach (genitive singular masculine crómataigh, genitive singular feminine crómataí, plural crómatacha)
Declension edit
Declension of crómatach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | crómatach | chrómatach | crómatacha; chrómatacha² | |
| Vocative | chrómataigh | crómatacha | ||
| Genitive | crómataí | crómatacha | crómatach | |
| Dative | crómatach; chrómatach¹ |
chrómatach; chrómataigh (archaic) |
crómatacha; chrómatacha² | |
| Comparative | níos crómataí | |||
| Superlative | is crómataí | |||
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
- (colour): glédhathach
- (music): leath-thonach
Derived terms edit
- iseacrómatach (“isochromatic”)
- ortacrómatach (“orthochromatic”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| crómatach | chrómatach | gcrómatach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crómatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN