criostalach

Irish

Etymology

From criostal +‎ -ach.

Adjective

criostalach (genitive singular masculine criostalaigh, genitive singular feminine criostalaí, plural criostalacha, comparative criostalaí)

1. crystalline

   Synonym: criostalta

Declension

Declension of criostalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	criostalach	chriostalach	criostalacha; chriostalacha²
Vocative	chriostalaigh		criostalacha
Genitive		criostalaí	criostalacha	criostalach
Dative	criostalach; chriostalach¹	chriostalach; chriostalaigh (archaic)	criostalacha; chriostalacha²
Comparative	níos criostalaí
Superlative	is criostalaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
criostalach	chriostalach	gcriostalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criostalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “criostalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm