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.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
míolchruthach | mhíolchruthach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |