croiméalach

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Irish

Etymology

From croiméal (“moustache”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croiméalach (genitive singular masculine croiméalaigh, genitive singular feminine croiméalaí, plural croiméalacha, comparative croiméalaí)

  1. moustached

Declension

Declension of croiméalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative croiméalach chroiméalach croiméalacha;
chroiméalacha2
vocative chroiméalaigh croiméalacha
genitive croiméalaí croiméalacha croiméalach
dative croiméalach;
chroiméalach1 		chroiméalach;
chroiméalaigh (archaic) 		croiméalacha;
chroiméalacha2
Comparative níos croiméalaí
Superlative is croiméalaí

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 croiméalach
radical lenition eclipsis
croiméalach chroiméalach gcroiméalach

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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