From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh).
craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh)
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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From Old Irish cráebach (“having branches, branchy; of hair: branching, in locks, tressed; woody; winding; arabesqued”), from cráeb (“branch”); equivalent to craobh (“branch”) + -ach.
craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | craobhach | chraobhach | craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
| Vocative | chraobhaigh | craobhacha | ||
| Genitive | craobhaí | craobhacha | craobhach | |
| Dative | craobhach; chraobhach¹ |
chraobhach; chraobhaigh (archaic) |
craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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 |
| craobhach | chraobhach | gcraobhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||