From crua (“hard”) + muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
cruamhuineálach (genitive singular masculine cruamhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruamhuineálaí, plural cruamhuineálacha, comparative cruamhuineálaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cruamhuineálach | chruamhuineálach | gcruamhuineálach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |