croiméalach

Irish

Etymology

From croiméal (“moustache”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croiméalach (genitive singular masculine croiméalaigh, genitive singular feminine croiméalaí, plural croiméalacha, comparative croiméalaí)

1. moustached

Declension

Declension of croiméalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	croiméalach	chroiméalach	croiméalacha; chroiméalacha²
Vocative	chroiméalaigh		croiméalacha
Genitive		croiméalaí	croiméalacha	croiméalach
Dative	croiméalach; chroiméalach¹	chroiméalach; chroiméalaigh (archaic)	croiméalacha; chroiméalacha²
Comparative	níos croiméalaí
Superlative	is croiméalaí

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
croiméalach	chroiméalach	gcroiméalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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