From ding (“wedge”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
dingchruthach (genitive singular masculine dingchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine dingchruthaí, plural dingchruthacha)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | dingchruthach | dhingchruthach | dingchruthacha; dhingchruthacha2 | |
vocative | dhingchruthaigh | dingchruthacha | ||
genitive | dingchruthaí | dingchruthacha | dingchruthach | |
dative | dingchruthach; dhingchruthach1 |
dhingchruthach; dhingchruthaigh (archaic) |
dingchruthacha; dhingchruthacha2 | |
Comparative | níos dingchruthaí | |||
Superlative | is dingchruthaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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dingchruthach | dhingchruthach | ndingchruthach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.