cruálach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cruadálach, cruagálach
  • cruadhalach, cruadhálach (superseded)
  • cruadhdálach, cruadh-dhálach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From cruáil (“cruelty”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuəd̪ˠalˠa(x)/, /ˈkɾˠuəd̪ˠal̪ˠa(x)/[2] (corresponding to the form cruadálach)

Adjective

cruálach (genitive singular masculine cruálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruálaí, plural cruálacha, comparative cruálaí)

  1. cruel, harsh
  2. stingy
  3. (dated) hardy

Declension

Declension of cruálach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cruálach chruálach cruálacha;
chruálacha2
vocative chruálaigh cruálacha
genitive cruálaí cruálacha cruálach
dative cruálach;
chruálach1 		chruálach;
chruálaigh (archaic) 		cruálacha;
chruálacha2
Comparative níos cruálaí
Superlative is cruálaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruálach
radical lenition eclipsis
cruálach chruálach gcruálach

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

References

  1. ^ “cruálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 399, page 132

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