dingchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From ding (“wedge”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

dingchruthach (genitive singular masculine dingchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine dingchruthaí, plural dingchruthacha)

1. wedge-shaped, cuneiform

Declension

Declension of dingchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dingchruthach	dhingchruthach	dingchruthacha; dhingchruthacha²
Vocative	dhingchruthaigh		dingchruthacha
Genitive		dingchruthaí	dingchruthacha	dingchruthach
Dative	dingchruthach; dhingchruthach¹	dhingchruthach; dhingchruthaigh (archaic)	dingchruthacha; dhingchruthacha²
Comparative	níos dingchruthaí
Superlative	is dingchruthaí

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

Synonyms

• (wedge-shaped): dingeach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dingchruthach	dhingchruthach	ndingchruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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