cruamhuineálach

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Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruamhuineálach (genitive singular masculine cruamhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruamhuineálaí, plural cruamhuineálacha, comparative cruamhuineálaí)

  1. stiff-necked, obstinate
    Synonyms: ceanndána, ceanntréan, ciotrúnta, stuacach, dáigh

Declension

Declension of cruamhuineálach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cruamhuineálach chruamhuineálach cruamhuineálacha;
chruamhuineálacha2
vocative chruamhuineálaigh cruamhuineálacha
genitive cruamhuineálaí cruamhuineálacha cruamhuineálach
dative cruamhuineálach;
chruamhuineálach1 		chruamhuineálach;
chruamhuineálaigh (archaic) 		cruamhuineálacha;
chruamhuineálacha2
Comparative níos cruamhuineálaí
Superlative is cruamhuineálaí

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 cruamhuineálach
radical lenition eclipsis
cruamhuineálach chruamhuineálach gcruamhuineálach

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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