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cithréimeach

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, cithréim +‎ -ach, but since the adjective is attested earlier, the noun may be a back-formation. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ciorramach.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cithréimeach (genitive singular masculine cithréimigh, genitive singular feminine cithréimí, plural cithréimeacha, comparative cithréimí)

  1. maimed, disabled
  2. abject
  3. (nominalized, masculine) disabled person

Declension edit

Declension of cithréimeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cithréimeach chithréimeach cithréimeacha;
chithréimeacha²
Vocative chithréimigh cithréimeacha
Genitive cithréimí cithréimeacha cithréimeach
Dative cithréimeach;
chithréimeach¹ 		chithréimeach;
chithréimigh (archaic) 		cithréimeacha;
chithréimeacha²
Comparative níos cithréimí
Superlative is cithréimí

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

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cithréimeach chithréimeach gcithréimeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ “cithréimeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cithrumach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

Further reading edit

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