cnaipíneach

Irish

Adjective

cnaipíneach (genitive singular masculine cnaipínigh, genitive singular feminine cnaipíní, plural cnaipíneacha, comparative cnaipíní)

  1. alternative form of cnapánach (“lumpy; gnarled, rugged”)

Declension

Declension of cnaipíneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cnaipíneach chnaipíneach cnaipíneacha;
chnaipíneacha2
vocative chnaipínigh cnaipíneacha
genitive cnaipíní cnaipíneacha cnaipíneach
dative cnaipíneach;
chnaipíneach1 		chnaipíneach;
chnaipínigh (archaic) 		cnaipíneacha;
chnaipíneacha2
Comparative níos cnaipíní
Superlative is cnaipíní

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 cnaipíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
cnaipíneach chnaipíneach gcnaipíneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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