ilchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From il- (“multiple, poly-, multi-”) +‎ cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (or -chruthach (“-shaped”)).

Adjective

ilchruthach (genitive singular masculine ilchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine ilchruthaí, plural ilchruthacha)

1. many-shaped, multiform, polymorphic, polymorphous

Declension

Declension of ilchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ilchruthach	ilchruthach	ilchruthacha
Vocative	ilchruthaigh		ilchruthacha
Genitive		ilchruthaí	ilchruthacha	ilchruthach
Dative	ilchruthach	ilchruthach; ilchruthaigh (archaic)	ilchruthacha
Comparative	níos ilchruthaí
Superlative	is ilchruthaí

Related terms

• ilchruthacht f (“polymorphism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ilchruthach	n-ilchruthach	hilchruthach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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