Irish
Etymology
From cruitín (diminutive of cruit (“hump”)) + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠəˈtʲiːnʲəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲiːnʲəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲinʲa(x)/
Noun
cruitíneach m (genitive singular cruitínigh, nominative plural cruitínigh)
- hunchback, humpback (person with kytosis)
- Synonyms: cruiteachán, dronnachán
Declension
Declension of cruitíneach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cruitíneach
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cruitínigh
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| vocative
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a chruitínigh
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a chruitíneacha
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| genitive
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cruitínigh
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cruitíneach
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| dative
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cruitíneach
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cruitínigh
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cruitíneach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cruitíneach
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chruitíneach
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gcruitíneach
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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.
Further reading
- “cruitíneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruitíneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruitíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44