croiméalach
Irish
Etymology
From croiméal (“moustache”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
croiméalach (genitive singular masculine croiméalaigh, genitive singular feminine croiméalaí, plural croiméalacha, comparative croiméalaí)
- moustached
Declension
Declension of croiméalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | croiméalach | chroiméalach | croiméalacha; chroiméalacha² | |
| Vocative | chroiméalaigh | croiméalacha | ||
| Genitive | croiméalaí | croiméalacha | croiméalach | |
| Dative | croiméalach; chroiméalach¹ | chroiméalach; chroiméalaigh (archaic) | croiméalacha; chroiméalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos croiméalaí | |||
| Superlative | is croiméalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| croiméalach | chroiméalach | gcroiméalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "croiméalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.