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seangchruthach

Irish

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Etymology

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From seang (“slender, slim, person”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

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seangchruthach (genitive singular masculine seangchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine seangchruthaí, plural seangchruthacha)

  1. slightly-built, slender, svelte
    Synonyms: caol, caolchumtha, éadrom

Declension

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Declension of seangchruthach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative seangchruthach sheangchruthach seangchruthacha;
sheangchruthacha²
Vocative sheangchruthaigh seangchruthacha
Genitive seangchruthaí seangchruthacha seangchruthach
Dative seangchruthach;
sheangchruthach¹ 		sheangchruthach;
sheangchruthaigh (archaic) 		seangchruthacha;
sheangchruthacha²
Comparative níos seangchruthaí
Superlative is seangchruthaí

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seangchruthach sheangchruthach
after an, tseangchruthach 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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