anchruth

anchruth

Irish

Etymology

From an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ cruth (“shape”).

Noun

anchruth m (genitive singular anchrutha)

1. deformity

Declension

Declension of anchruth

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anchruth Vocative a anchruth Genitive anchrutha Dative anchruth

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-anchruth Genitive an anchrutha Dative leis an anchruth don anchruth

Derived terms

• anchruthach, anchruthúil (“deformed”, adjective)
• in anchruth (“deformed, hideous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchruth	n-anchruth	hanchruth	t-anchruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "anchruth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “deformity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.