cruachroíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• cruadh-chroidheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruachroíoch (genitive singular masculine cruachroíoch, genitive singular feminine cruachroíche, plural cruachroíocha, comparative cruachroíche)

1. hardhearted, pitiless

Declension

Declension of cruachroíoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cruachroíoch	chruachroíoch	cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha²
Vocative	chruachroíoch		cruachroíocha
Genitive		cruachroíche	cruachroíocha	cruachroíoch
Dative	cruachroíoch; chruachroíoch¹	chruachroíoch	cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha²
Comparative	níos cruachroíche
Superlative	is cruachroíche

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

• cruachroíocht f (“hard-heartedness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruachroíoch	chruachroíoch	gcruachroíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cruaḋ-ċroiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruachroíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN