Irish
Etymology
Calque of English crossword: cros- (“cross-”) + focal (“word”).
Noun
crosfhocal m (genitive singular crosfhocail, nominative plural crosfhocail)
- (games, puzzles) crossword
Declension
Declension of crosfhocal (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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crosfhocal
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crosfhocail
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| vocative
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a chrosfhocail
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a chrosfhocala
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| genitive
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crosfhocail
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crosfhocal
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| dative
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crosfhocal
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crosfhocail
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Mutation
Mutated forms of crosfhocal
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| crosfhocal
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chrosfhocal
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gcrosfhocal
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crosfhocal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crosfhocal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “crosfhocal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025