cataclastach

Irish

Etymology

From English cataclastic, assimilated to the suffix -ach.

Adjective

cataclastach (genitive singular masculine cataclastaigh, genitive singular feminine cataclastaí, plural cataclastacha, not comparable)

1. (petrology) cataclastic

Declension

Declension of cataclastach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cataclastach	chataclastach	cataclastacha; chataclastacha²
Vocative	chataclastaigh		cataclastacha
Genitive		cataclastaí	cataclastacha	cataclastach
Dative	cataclastach; chataclastach¹	chataclastach; chataclastaigh (archaic)	cataclastacha; chataclastacha²
Comparative	níos cataclastaí
Superlative	is cataclastaí

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
cataclastach	chataclastach	gcataclastach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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