craobhach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠeːvˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwa(x)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh).

Noun

craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh)

  1. (collective) branches
Declension
Declension of craobhach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative craobhach
vocative a chraobhaigh
genitive craobhaigh
dative craobhach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an craobhach
genitive an chraobhaigh
dative leis an gcraobhach
don chraobhach

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cráebach (“having branches, branchy; of hair: branching, in locks, tressed; woody; winding; arabesqued”), from cráeb (“branch”); equivalent to craobh (“branch”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable)

  1. branched, branching
  2. ramose; arabesque (of design)
  3. flowing, spreading
  4. (biology) dendritic
Declension
Declension of craobhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative craobhach chraobhach craobhacha;
chraobhacha2
vocative chraobhaigh craobhacha
genitive craobhaí craobhacha craobhach
dative craobhach;
chraobhach1 		chraobhach;
chraobhaigh (archaic) 		craobhacha;
chraobhacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of craobhach
radical lenition eclipsis
craobhach chraobhach gcraobhach

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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