cruachraicneach

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Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ craiceann (“skin; surface”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruachraicneach (genitive singular masculine cruachraicnigh, genitive singular feminine cruachraicní, plural cruachraicneacha, comparative cruachraicní)

  1. hide-bound

Declension

Declension of cruachraicneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cruachraicneach chruachraicneach cruachraicneacha;
chruachraicneacha2
vocative chruachraicnigh cruachraicneacha
genitive cruachraicní cruachraicneacha cruachraicneach
dative cruachraicneach;
chruachraicneach1 		chruachraicneach;
chruachraicnigh (archaic) 		cruachraicneacha;
chruachraicneacha2
Comparative níos cruachraicní
Superlative is cruachraicní

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 cruachraicneach
radical lenition eclipsis
cruachraicneach chruachraicneach gcruachraicneach

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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