cuircíneach

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Irish

Etymology

cuircín (“crest”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cuircíneach (genitive singular masculine cuircínigh, genitive singular feminine cuircíní, plural cuircíneacha, comparative cuircíní)

  1. crested, tufted

Declension

Declension of cuircíneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cuircíneach chuircíneach cuircíneacha;
chuircíneacha²
Vocative chuircínigh cuircíneacha
Genitive cuircíní cuircíneacha cuircíneach
Dative cuircíneach;
chuircíneach¹ 		chuircíneach;
chuircínigh (archaic) 		cuircíneacha;
chuircíneacha²
Comparative níos cuircíní
Superlative is cuircíní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuircíneach chuircíneach gcuircíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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