míolchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From míol (“animal”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

míolchruthach (genitive singular masculine míolchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine míolchruthaí, plural míolchruthacha)

1. zoomorphic

Declension

Declension of míolchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	míolchruthach	mhíolchruthach	míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha²
Vocative	mhíolchruthaigh		míolchruthacha
Genitive		míolchruthaí	míolchruthacha	míolchruthach
Dative	míolchruthach; mhíolchruthach¹	mhíolchruthach; mhíolchruthaigh (archaic)	míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha²
Comparative	níos míolchruthaí
Superlative	is míolchruthaí

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

Synonyms

• sómorfach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míolchruthach	mhíolchruthach	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) “míolchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN