cíocrasach

Irish

Etymology

From cíocras (“greed, eagerness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cíocrasach (genitive singular masculine cíocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine cíocrasaí, plural cíocrasacha, comparative cíocrasaí)

  1. alternative form of cíocrach (“greedy, eager”)

Declension

Declension of cíocrasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cíocrasach chíocrasach cíocrasacha;
chíocrasacha2
vocative chíocrasaigh cíocrasacha
genitive cíocrasaí cíocrasacha cíocrasach
dative cíocrasach;
chíocrasach1 		chíocrasach;
chíocrasaigh (archaic) 		cíocrasacha;
chíocrasacha2
Comparative níos cíocrasaí
Superlative is cíocrasaí

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 cíocrasach
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocrasach chíocrasach gcíocrasach

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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