craobhach
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh).
Noun
craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh)
- (collective) branches
Declension
Declension of craobhach
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish cráebach (“having branches, branchy; of hair: branching, in locks, tressed; woody; winding; arabesqued”), from cráeb (“branch”); equivalent to craobh (“branch”) + -ach.
Adjective
craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable)
- branched, branching
- (of design) ramose; arabesque
- flowing, spreading
- (biology) dendritic
Declension
Declension of craobhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | craobhach | chraobhach | craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
| Vocative | chraobhaigh | craobhacha | ||
| Genitive | craobhaí | craobhacha | craobhach | |
| Dative | craobhach; chraobhach¹ | chraobhach; chraobhaigh (archaic) | craobhacha; chraobhacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| craobhach | chraobhach | gcraobhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "craobhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 cráebach (having branches, branchy)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 cráebach (branches, branch-wood)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN