Irish
Etymology
From cráin (“sow”) + beach (“bee”).
Noun
cráinbheach f (genitive singular cráinbheiche, nominative plural cráinbheacha)
- queen bee
Declension
Declension of cráinbheach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cráinbheach
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cráinbheacha
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| vocative
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a chráinbheach
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a chráinbheacha
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| genitive
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cráinbheiche
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cráinbheach
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| dative
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cráinbheach
cráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)
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cráinbheacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chráinbheach
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na cráinbheacha
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| genitive
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na cráinbheiche
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na gcráinbheach
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| dative
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leis an gcráinbheach
leis an gcráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)
don chráinbheach
don chráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cráinbheacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cráinbheach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cráinbheach
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chráinbheach
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gcráinbheach
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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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