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)

1. hard-mouthed (of horse)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruabhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN