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inchríneach
inchríneach
Irish
Adjective
inchríneach (genitive singular masculine inchrínigh, genitive singular feminine inchríní, plural inchríneacha, comparative inchríní)
Declension
Declension of inchríneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | inchríneach | inchríneach¹ | inchríneacha³ | |
| Vocative | inchrínigh¹ | inchríneach¹ | inchríneacha | |
| Genitive | inchrínigh¹ | inchríní (obsolete) inchrínighe |
inchríneacha | inchríneach |
| Dative | inchríneach² | inchríneach¹ (archaic) inchrínigh¹ |
inchríneacha³ | |
| Comparative | inchríní (obsolete) inchrínighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- faireog inchríneach f (“endocrine gland”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| inchríneach | n-inchríneach | hinchríneach | t-inchríneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "inchríneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.