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droch-chruthach
droch-chruthach
Irish
Alternative forms
- droch-chrotach
Adjective
droch-chruthach (genitive singular masculine droch-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine droch-chruthaí, plural droch-chruthacha)
- of bad appearance
Declension
Declension of droch-chruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | droch-chruthach | droch-chruthach¹ | droch-chruthacha³ | |
| Vocative | droch-chruthaigh¹ | droch-chruthach¹ | droch-chruthacha | |
| Genitive | droch-chruthaigh¹ | droch-chruthaí (obsolete) droch-chruthaighe |
droch-chruthacha | droch-chruthach |
| Dative | droch-chruthach² | droch-chruthach¹ (archaic) droch-chruthaigh¹ |
droch-chruthacha³ | |
| Comparative | droch-chruthaí (obsolete) droch-chruthaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| droch-chruthach | dhroch-chruthach | ndroch-chruthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "droch-chruthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.