cíoch-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From cíoch (“breast”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

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

  1. mammiform

Declension

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

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíoch-chruthach
radical lenition eclipsis
cíoch-chruthach chíoch-chruthach gcíoch-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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