cancrach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cancar (“cantankerousness”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cancrach (genitive singular masculine cancraigh, genitive singular feminine cancraí, plural cancracha, comparative cancraí)

  1. cankerous
  2. cantankerous, peevish

Declension

Declension of cancrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cancrach chancrach cancracha;
chancracha2
vocative chancraigh cancracha
genitive cancraí cancracha cancrach
dative cancrach;
chancrach1 		chancrach;
chancraigh (archaic) 		cancracha;
chancracha2
Comparative níos cancraí
Superlative is cancraí

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

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cancrach
radical lenition eclipsis
cancrach chancrach gcancrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Further reading

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