From cíocras (“greed, eagerness”) + -ach.
cíocrasach (genitive singular masculine cíocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine cíocrasaí, plural cíocrasacha, comparative cíocrasaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cíocrasach | chíocrasach | cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha² | |
Vocative | chíocrasaigh | cíocrasacha | ||
Genitive | cíocrasaí | cíocrasacha | cíocrasach | |
Dative | cíocrasach; chíocrasach¹ |
chíocrasach; chíocrasaigh (archaic) |
cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha² | |
Comparative | níos cíocrasaí | |||
Superlative | is cíocrasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cíocrasach | chíocrasach | gcíocrasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |