cruabhéalach
Irish
Etymology
From crua (“hard”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
cruabhéalach (genitive singular masculine cruabhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cruabhéalaí, plural cruabhéalacha, comparative cruabhéalaí)
- (of horse) hard-mouthed
Declension
Declension of cruabhéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha² | |
| Vocative | chruabhéalaigh | cruabhéalacha | ||
| Genitive | cruabhéalaí | cruabhéalacha | cruabhéalach | |
| Dative | cruabhéalach; chruabhéalach¹ | chruabhéalach; chruabhéalaigh (archaic) | cruabhéalacha; chruabhéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cruabhéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is cruabhéalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- béalbhraiteach (“tender-mouthed”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruabhéalach | chruabhéalach | gcruabhéalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cruabhéalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.