cíocrasach

Irish

Etymology

From cíocras (“greed, eagerness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cíocrasach (genitive singular masculine cíocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine cíocrasaí, plural cíocrasacha, comparative cíocrasaí)

1. Alternative form of cíocrach (“greedy, eager”)

Declension

Declension of cíocrasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cíocrasach	chíocrasach	cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha²
Vocative	chíocrasaigh		cíocrasacha
Genitive		cíocrasaí	cíocrasacha	cíocrasach
Dative	cíocrasach; chíocrasach¹	chíocrasach; chíocrasaigh (archaic)	cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha²
Comparative	níos cíocrasaí
Superlative	is cíocrasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíocrasach	chíocrasach	gcíocrasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN