seangchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From seang (“slender, slim, person”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

seangchruthach (genitive singular masculine seangchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine seangchruthaí, plural seangchruthacha)

  1. slightly-built, slender, svelte
    Synonyms: caol, caolchumtha, éadrom

Declension

Declension of seangchruthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative seangchruthach sheangchruthach seangchruthacha;
sheangchruthacha2
vocative sheangchruthaigh seangchruthacha
genitive seangchruthaí seangchruthacha seangchruthach
dative seangchruthach;
sheangchruthach1 		sheangchruthach;
sheangchruthaigh (archaic) 		seangchruthacha;
sheangchruthacha2
Comparative níos seangchruthaí
Superlative is seangchruthaí

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 seangchruthach
radical lenition eclipsis
seangchruthach sheangchruthach
after an, tseangchruthach 		not applicable

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

References

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