cancrach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cancrach (genitive singular masculine cancraigh, genitive singular feminine cancraí, plural cancracha, comparative cancraí)
Declension edit
Declension of cancrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cancrach | chancrach | cancracha; chancracha² | |
| Vocative | chancraigh | cancracha | ||
| Genitive | cancraí | cancracha | cancrach | |
| Dative | cancrach; chancrach¹ |
chancrach; chancraigh (archaic) |
cancracha; chancracha² | |
| Comparative | níos cancraí | |||
| Superlative | is cancraí | |||
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
- (peevish): cantalach
Derived terms edit
- cancracht f (“cantankerousness”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cancrach | chancrach | gcancrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cancrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “cancrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cancrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.