crióigineach

Irish

Etymology

From crió- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

crióigineach (genitive singular masculine crióiginigh, genitive singular feminine crióiginí, plural crióigineacha, comparative crióiginí)

  1. (medicine, physics) cryogenic

Declension

Declension of crióigineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative crióigineach chrióigineach crióigineacha;
chrióigineacha2
vocative chrióiginigh crióigineacha
genitive crióiginí crióigineacha crióigineach
dative crióigineach;
chrióigineach1
chrióigineach;
chrióiginigh (archaic)
crióigineacha;
chrióigineacha2
Comparative níos crióiginí
Superlative is crióiginí

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 crióigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
crióigineach chrióigineach gcrióigineach

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

Further reading

  • crióigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025