cnaipíneach
Irish edit
Adjective edit
cnaipíneach (genitive singular masculine cnaipínigh, genitive singular feminine cnaipíní, plural cnaipíneacha, comparative cnaipíní)
- Alternative form of cnapánach (“lumpy; gnarled, rugged”)
Declension edit
Declension of cnaipíneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cnaipíneach | chnaipíneach | cnaipíneacha; chnaipíneacha² | |
| Vocative | chnaipínigh | cnaipíneacha | ||
| Genitive | cnaipíní | cnaipíneacha | cnaipíneach | |
| Dative | cnaipíneach; chnaipíneach¹ |
chnaipíneach; chnaipínigh (archaic) |
cnaipíneacha; chnaipíneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cnaipíní | |||
| Superlative | is cnaipíní | |||
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 |
| cnaipíneach | chnaipíneach | gcnaipíneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN