cruabhéalach

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Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruabhéalach (genitive singular masculine cruabhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cruabhéalaí, plural cruabhéalacha, comparative cruabhéalaí)

  1. hard-mouthed (of horse)

Declension

Declension of cruabhéalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cruabhéalach chruabhéalach cruabhéalacha;
chruabhéalacha2
vocative chruabhéalaigh cruabhéalacha
genitive cruabhéalaí cruabhéalacha cruabhéalach
dative cruabhéalach;
chruabhéalach1 		chruabhéalach;
chruabhéalaigh (archaic) 		cruabhéalacha;
chruabhéalacha2
Comparative níos cruabhéalaí
Superlative is cruabhéalaí

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 cruabhéalach
radical lenition eclipsis
cruabhéalach chruabhéalach gcruabhéalach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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