cros-snáitheach

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Irish

Etymology

From cros-snáithe (“cross-grain”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cros-snáitheach (genitive singular masculine cros-snáithigh, genitive singular feminine cros-snáithí, plural cros-snáitheacha, not comparable)

  1. (carpentry) cross-grained

Declension

Declension of cros-snáitheach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cros-snáitheach chros-snáitheach cros-snáitheacha;
chros-snáitheacha2
vocative chros-snáithigh cros-snáitheacha
genitive cros-snáithí cros-snáitheacha cros-snáitheach
dative cros-snáitheach;
chros-snáitheach1 		chros-snáitheach;
chros-snáithigh (archaic) 		cros-snáitheacha;
chros-snáitheacha2
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cros-snáitheach
radical lenition eclipsis
cros-snáitheach chros-snáitheach gcros-snáitheach

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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