cráinbheach

Irish

Etymology

From cráin (“sow”) +‎ beach (“bee”).

Noun

cráinbheach f (genitive singular cráinbheiche, nominative plural cráinbheacha)

1. queen bee

Declension

Declension of cráinbheach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cráinbheach cráinbheacha Vocative a chráinbheach a chráinbheacha Genitive cráinbheiche cráinbheach Dative cráinbheach cráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) cráinbheacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chráinbheach na cráinbheacha Genitive na cráinbheiche na gcráinbheach Dative leis an gcráinbheach leis an gcráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) don chráinbheach don chráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) leis na cráinbheacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cráinbheach	chráinbheach	gcráinbheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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