cruachan

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ -chan.

Pronunciation

Noun

cruachan f (genitive singular cruachana)

  1. verbal noun of cruaigh
  2. hardening

Declension

Declension of cruachan (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cruachan
vocative a chruachan
genitive cruachana
dative cruachan
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an chruachan
genitive na cruachana
dative leis an gcruachan
don chruachan

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruachan
radical lenition eclipsis
cruachan chruachan gcruachan

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

cruachan f pl

  1. plural of cruach

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

cruachan m (genitive singular cruachain, plural cruachanan)

  1. diminutive of cruach
  2. conical hill

Mutation

Mutation of cruachan
radical lenition
cruachan chruachan

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

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