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cruimheach
cruimheach
Irish
Adjective
cruimheach (genitive singular masculine cruimhigh, genitive singular feminine cruimhí, plural cruimheacha, comparative cruimhí)
Declension
Declension of cruimheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruimheach | cruimheach¹ | cruimheacha³ | |
| Vocative | cruimhigh¹ | cruimheach¹ | cruimheacha | |
| Genitive | cruimhigh¹ | cruimhí (obsolete) cruimhighe |
cruimheacha | cruimheach |
| Dative | cruimheach² | cruimheach¹ (archaic) cruimhigh¹ |
cruimheacha³ | |
| Comparative | cruimhí (obsolete) cruimhighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- cruimheachán m (“venomous person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruimheach | chruimheach | gcruimheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cruimheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.