croseagar

Irish

Etymology

From cros- +‎ eagar.

Noun

croseagar m (genitive singular croseagair)

1. (rhetoric) chiasmus

Declension

Declension of croseagar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative croseagar Vocative a chroseagair Genitive croseagair Dative croseagar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an croseagar Genitive an chroseagair Dative leis an gcroseagar don chroseagar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croseagar	chroseagar	gcroseagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croseagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “croseagar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.