dea-chruthach

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Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good, well-”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

dea-chruthach (genitive singular masculine dea-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-chruthaí, plural dea-chruthacha, comparative dea-chruthaí)

  1. well-shaped; shapely; handsome

Declension

Declension of dea-chruthach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dea-chruthach dhea-chruthach dea-chruthacha;
dhea-chruthacha2
vocative dhea-chruthaigh dea-chruthacha
genitive dea-chruthaí dea-chruthacha dea-chruthach
dative dea-chruthach;
dhea-chruthach1 		dhea-chruthach;
dhea-chruthaigh (archaic) 		dea-chruthacha;
dhea-chruthacha2
Comparative níos dea-chruthaí
Superlative is dea-chruthaí

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-chruthach
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-chruthach dhea-chruthach ndea-chruthach

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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