croíchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

croíchruthach (genitive singular masculine croíchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine croíchruthaí, plural croíchruthacha, comparative croíchruthaí)

1. heart-shaped

Declension

Declension of croíchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	croíchruthach	chroíchruthach	croíchruthacha; chroíchruthacha²
Vocative	chroíchruthaigh		croíchruthacha
Genitive		croíchruthaí	croíchruthacha	croíchruthach
Dative	croíchruthach; chroíchruthach¹	chroíchruthach; chroíchruthaigh (archaic)	croíchruthacha; chroíchruthacha²
Comparative	níos croíchruthaí
Superlative	is croíchruthaí

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
croíchruthach	chroíchruthach	gcroíchruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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