U-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From U +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

U-chruthach (genitive singular masculine U-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine U-chruthaí, plural U-chruthacha, comparative U-chruthaí)

1. U-shaped

Declension

Declension of U-chruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	U-chruthach	U-chruthach	U-chruthacha
vocative	U-chruthaigh		U-chruthacha
genitive		U-chruthaí	U-chruthacha	U-chruthach
dative	U-chruthach	U-chruthach; U-chruthaigh (archaic)	U-chruthacha
Comparative	níos U-chruthaí
Superlative	is U-chruthaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of U-chruthach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
U-chruthach	nU-chruthach	hU-chruthach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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