criosach

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Irish

Etymology

From crios (“belt, girdle; belt, area, region”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

criosach (genitive singular masculine criosaigh, genitive singular feminine criosaí, plural criosacha, not comparable)

  1. belted, girdled
  2. (geography) zonal

Declension

Declension of criosach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative criosach chriosach criosacha;
chriosacha2
vocative chriosaigh criosacha
genitive criosaí criosacha criosach
dative criosach;
chriosach1 		chriosach;
chriosaigh (archaic) 		criosacha;
chriosacha2
Comparative níos criosaí
Superlative is criosaí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of criosach
radical lenition eclipsis
criosach chriosach gcriosach

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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