cuircíneach

Irish

Etymology

cuircín (“crest”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cuircíneach (genitive singular masculine cuircínigh, genitive singular feminine cuircíní, plural cuircíneacha, comparative cuircíní)

1. crested, tufted

Declension

Declension of cuircíneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cuircíneach	chuircíneach	cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha²
Vocative	chuircínigh		cuircíneacha
Genitive		cuircíní	cuircíneacha	cuircíneach
Dative	cuircíneach; chuircíneach¹	chuircíneach; chuircínigh (archaic)	cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha²
Comparative	níos cuircíní
Superlative	is cuircíní

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
cuircíneach	chuircíneach	gcuircíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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