croschineálach

croschineálach

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ cineál (“type, variety, strain”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croschineálach (genitive singular masculine croschineálaigh, genitive singular feminine croschineálaí, plural croschineálacha)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of croschineálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	croschineálach	chroschineálach	croschineálacha; chroschineálacha²
Vocative	chroschineálaigh		croschineálacha
Genitive		croschineálaí	croschineálacha	croschineálach
Dative	croschineálach; chroschineálach¹	chroschineálach; chroschineálaigh (archaic)	croschineálacha; chroschineálacha²
Comparative	níos croschineálaí
Superlative	is croschineálaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• cros-síolrach
• hibrideach

Noun

croschineálach m (genitive singular croschineálaigh, nominative plural croschineálaigh)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of croschineálach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative croschineálach croschineálaigh Vocative a chroschineálaigh a chroschineálacha Genitive croschineálaigh croschineálach Dative croschineálach croschineálaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an croschineálach na croschineálaigh Genitive an chroschineálaigh na gcroschineálach Dative leis an gcroschineálach don chroschineálach leis na croschineálaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croschineálach	chroschineálach	gcroschineálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "croschineálach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.