Y-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From Y +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

Y-chruthach (genitive singular masculine Y-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine Y-chruthaí, plural Y-chruthacha, comparative Y-chruthaí)

1. Y-shaped

Declension

Declension of Y-chruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Y-chruthach	Y-chruthach	Y-chruthacha
Vocative	Y-chruthaigh		Y-chruthacha
Genitive		Y-chruthaí	Y-chruthacha	Y-chruthach
Dative	Y-chruthach	Y-chruthach; Y-chruthaigh (archaic)	Y-chruthacha
Comparative	níos Y-chruthaí
Superlative	is Y-chruthaí

Further reading

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