croíbhristeach

Irish

Etymology

From croíbhriste (“heartbroken; heart-breaking”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croíbhristeach (genitive singular masculine croíbhristigh, genitive singular feminine croíbhristí, plural croíbhristeacha, comparative croíbhristí)

  1. alternative form of croíbhriste (“heartbroken, brokenhearted; heart-breaking”)

Declension

Declension of croíbhristeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative croíbhristeach chroíbhristeach croíbhristeacha;
chroíbhristeacha2
vocative chroíbhristigh croíbhristeacha
genitive croíbhristí croíbhristeacha croíbhristeach
dative croíbhristeach;
chroíbhristeach1 		chroíbhristeach;
chroíbhristigh (archaic) 		croíbhristeacha;
chroíbhristeacha2
Comparative níos croíbhristí
Superlative is croíbhristí

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 croíbhristeach
radical lenition eclipsis
croíbhristeach chroíbhristeach gcroíbhristeach

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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