cráinbheach

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Irish

Etymology

From cráin (“sow”) +‎ beach (“bee”).

Noun

cráinbheach f (genitive singular cráinbheiche, nominative plural cráinbheacha)

  1. queen bee

Declension

Declension of cráinbheach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cráinbheach cráinbheacha
vocative a chráinbheach a chráinbheacha
genitive cráinbheiche cráinbheach
dative cráinbheach
cráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) 		cráinbheacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chráinbheach na cráinbheacha
genitive na cráinbheiche na gcráinbheach
dative leis an gcráinbheach
leis an gcráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)
don chráinbheach
don chráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na cráinbheacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cráinbheach
radical lenition eclipsis
cráinbheach chráinbheach gcráinbheach

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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