Wiktionary

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
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=cithréimeach&oldid=79352018"