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ilchruthach
ilchruthach
Irish
Adjective
ilchruthach (genitive singular masculine ilchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine ilchruthaí, plural ilchruthacha)
- many-shaped, multiform, polymorphic, polymorphous
Declension
Declension of ilchruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ilchruthach | ilchruthach¹ | ilchruthacha³ | |
| Vocative | ilchruthaigh¹ | ilchruthach¹ | ilchruthacha | |
| Genitive | ilchruthaigh¹ | ilchruthaí (obsolete) ilchruthaighe |
ilchruthacha | ilchruthach |
| Dative | ilchruthach² | ilchruthach¹ (archaic) ilchruthaigh¹ |
ilchruthacha³ | |
| Comparative | ilchruthaí (obsolete) ilchruthaighe |
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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.
Related terms
- ilchruthacht f (“polymorphism”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ilchruthach | n-ilchruthach | hilchruthach | t-ilchruthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ilchruthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.