cíoch-chruthach

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Irish

Etymology

From cíoch (“breast”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

cíoch-chruthach (genitive singular masculine cíoch-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine cíoch-chruthaí, plural cíoch-chruthacha)

  1. mammiform

Declension

Declension of cíoch-chruthach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cíoch-chruthach chíoch-chruthach cíoch-chruthacha;
chíoch-chruthacha²
Vocative chíoch-chruthaigh cíoch-chruthacha
Genitive cíoch-chruthaí cíoch-chruthacha cíoch-chruthach
Dative cíoch-chruthach;
chíoch-chruthach¹ 		chíoch-chruthach;
chíoch-chruthaigh (archaic) 		cíoch-chruthacha;
chíoch-chruthacha²
Comparative níos cíoch-chruthaí
Superlative is cíoch-chruthaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cíoch-chruthach chíoch-chruthach gcíoch-chruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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