croiméalach

Irish

Etymology

From croiméal (“moustache”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croiméalach (genitive singular masculine croiméalaigh, genitive singular feminine croiméalaí, plural croiméalacha, comparative croiméalaí)

  1. moustached

Declension

Declension of croiméalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative croiméalach chroiméalach croiméalacha;
chroiméalacha2
vocative chroiméalaigh croiméalacha
genitive croiméalaí croiméalacha croiméalach
dative croiméalach;
chroiméalach1 		chroiméalach;
chroiméalaigh (archaic) 		croiméalacha;
chroiméalacha2
Comparative níos croiméalaí
Superlative is croiméalaí

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 croiméalach
radical lenition eclipsis
croiméalach chroiméalach gcroiméalach

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

Further reading

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