criosach

Irish

Etymology

From crios (“belt, girdle; belt, area, region”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

criosach (genitive singular masculine criosaigh, genitive singular feminine criosaí, plural criosacha, not comparable)

  1. belted, girdled
  2. (geography) zonal

Declension

Declension of criosach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative criosach chriosach criosacha;
chriosacha2
vocative chriosaigh criosacha
genitive criosaí criosacha criosach
dative criosach;
chriosach1 		chriosach;
chriosaigh (archaic) 		criosacha;
chriosacha2
Comparative níos criosaí
Superlative is criosaí

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 criosach
radical lenition eclipsis
criosach chriosach gcriosach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “criosach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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