cruachroíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cruadh-chroidheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruachroíoch (genitive singular masculine cruachroíoch, genitive singular feminine cruachroíche, plural cruachroíocha, comparative cruachroíche)

  1. hardhearted, pitiless

Declension

Declension of cruachroíoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cruachroíoch chruachroíoch cruachroíocha;
chruachroíocha2
vocative chruachroíoch cruachroíocha
genitive cruachroíche cruachroíocha cruachroíoch
dative cruachroíoch;
chruachroíoch1 		chruachroíoch cruachroíocha;
chruachroíocha2
Comparative níos cruachroíche
Superlative is cruachroíche

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 cruachroíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
cruachroíoch chruachroíoch gcruachroíoch

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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