crónánach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish crónánach. By surface analysis, crónán + -ach.
Adjective
editcrónánach (genitive singular masculine crónánaigh, genitive singular feminine crónánaí, plural crónánacha, comparative crónánaí)
Declension
editDeclension of crónánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | crónánach | chrónánach | crónánacha; chrónánacha² | |
| Vocative | chrónánaigh | crónánacha | ||
| Genitive | crónánaí | crónánacha | crónánach | |
| Dative | crónánach; chrónánach¹ |
chrónánach; chrónánaigh (archaic) |
crónánacha; chrónánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos crónánaí | |||
| Superlative | is crónánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
edit- crónán m (“humming”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| crónánach | chrónánach | gcrónánach |
| 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) “crónánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN