cros-síolrach

cros-síolrach

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ síolrach (“breed, progeny”).

Noun

cros-síolrach m (genitive singular cros-síolraigh, nominative plural cros-síolraigh)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of cros-síolrach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cros-síolrach cros-síolraigh Vocative a chros-síolraigh a chros-síolracha Genitive cros-síolraigh cros-síolrach Dative cros-síolrach cros-síolraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cros-síolrach na cros-síolraigh Genitive an chros-síolraigh na gcros-síolrach Dative leis an gcros-síolrach don chros-síolrach leis na cros-síolraigh

Synonyms

• hibrid

Adjective

cros-síolrach (genitive singular masculine cros-síolraigh, genitive singular feminine cros-síolraí, plural cros-síolracha)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

Declension

Declension of cros-síolrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cros-síolrach	chros-síolrach	cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha²
Vocative	chros-síolraigh		cros-síolracha
Genitive		cros-síolraí	cros-síolracha	cros-síolrach
Dative	cros-síolrach; chros-síolrach¹	chros-síolrach; chros-síolraigh (archaic)	cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha²
Comparative	níos cros-síolraí
Superlative	is cros-síolraí

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

Synonyms

• hibrideach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cros-síolrach	chros-síolrach	gcros-síolrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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