ubhchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From ubhchruth (“oval”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) or ubh (“egg”) +‎ -chruthach (“shaped”).

Adjective

ubhchruthach (genitive singular masculine ubhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine ubhchruthaí, plural ubhchruthacha, comparative ubhchruthaí)

1. egg-shaped, oval

Declension

Declension of ubhchruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthacha
Vocative	ubhchruthaigh		ubhchruthacha
Genitive		ubhchruthaí	ubhchruthacha	ubhchruthach
Dative	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthach; ubhchruthaigh (archaic)	ubhchruthacha
Comparative	níos ubhchruthaí
Superlative	is ubhchruthaí

Synonyms

• ubhach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ubhchruthach	n-ubhchruthach	hubhchruthach	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) “ubhchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN