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U-chruthach
U-chruthach
Irish
Adjective
U-chruthach (genitive singular masculine U-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine U-chruthaí, plural U-chruthacha, comparative U-chruthaí)
Declension
Declension of U-chruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | U-chruthach | U-chruthach¹ | U-chruthacha³ | |
| Vocative | U-chruthaigh¹ | U-chruthach¹ | U-chruthacha | |
| Genitive | U-chruthaigh¹ | U-chruthaí (obsolete) U-chruthaighe |
U-chruthacha | U-chruthach |
| Dative | U-chruthach² | U-chruthach¹ (archaic) U-chruthaigh¹ |
U-chruthacha³ | |
| Comparative | U-chruthaí (obsolete) U-chruthaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| U-chruthach | nU-chruthach | hU-chruthach | tU-chruthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "U-chruthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.