From míol (“animal”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
míolchruthach (genitive singular masculine míolchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine míolchruthaí, plural míolchruthacha)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | míolchruthach | mhíolchruthach | míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha2 | |
vocative | mhíolchruthaigh | míolchruthacha | ||
genitive | míolchruthaí | míolchruthacha | míolchruthach | |
dative | míolchruthach; mhíolchruthach1 |
mhíolchruthach; mhíolchruthaigh (archaic) |
míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha2 | |
Comparative | níos míolchruthaí | |||
Superlative | is míolchruthaí |
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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míolchruthach | mhíolchruthach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.