crónánach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crónánach. By surface analysis, crónán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

crónánach (genitive singular masculine crónánaigh, genitive singular feminine crónánaí, plural crónánacha, comparative crónánaí)

  1. humming, droning
    beachóga crónánacha ― droning bees

Declension

Declension of crónánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative crónánach chrónánach crónánacha;
chrónánacha2
vocative chrónánaigh crónánacha
genitive crónánaí crónánacha crónánach
dative crónánach;
chrónánach1 		chrónánach;
chrónánaigh (archaic) 		crónánacha;
chrónánacha2
Comparative níos crónánaí
Superlative is crónánaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of crónánach
radical lenition eclipsis
crónánach chrónánach gcrónánach

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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