cruachroíoch
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From crua (“hard”) + croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
cruachroíoch (genitive singular masculine cruachroíoch, genitive singular feminine cruachroíche, plural cruachroíocha, comparative cruachroíche)
Declension edit
Declension of cruachroíoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruachroíoch | chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha² | |
| Vocative | chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha | ||
| Genitive | cruachroíche | cruachroíocha | cruachroíoch | |
| Dative | cruachroíoch; chruachroíoch¹ |
chruachroíoch | cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha² | |
| Comparative | níos cruachroíche | |||
| Superlative | is cruachroíche | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- cruachroíocht f (“hard-heartedness”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruachroíoch | chruachroíoch | gcruachroíoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cruaḋ-ċroiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruachroíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN