cruabhéalach
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Etymology
From crua (“hard”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
cruabhéalach (genitive singular masculine cruabhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cruabhéalaí, plural cruabhéalacha, comparative cruabhéalaí)
- hard-mouthed (of horse)
Declension
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha2 | |
| vocative | chruabhéalaigh | cruabhéalacha | ||
| genitive | cruabhéalaí | cruabhéalacha | cruabhéalach | |
| dative | cruabhéalach; chruabhéalach1 |
chruabhéalach; chruabhéalaigh (archaic) |
cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos cruabhéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is cruabhéalaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- béalbhraiteach (“tender-mouthed”, adjective)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | gcruabhéalach |
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) “cruabhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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