comhchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From comh- (“mutual, joint, common”) +‎ cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

comhchruthach (genitive singular masculine comhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchruthaí, plural comhchruthacha, comparative comhchruthaí)

1. symmetrical

Declension

Declension of comhchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha²
Vocative	chomhchruthaigh		comhchruthacha
Genitive		comhchruthaí	comhchruthacha	comhchruthach
Dative	comhchruthach; chomhchruthach¹	chomhchruthach; chomhchruthaigh (archaic)	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha²
Comparative	níos comhchruthaí
Superlative	is comhchruthaí

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

Synonyms

• siméadrach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	gcomhchruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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