anchruth

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

anchruth m (genitive singular anchrutha)

1. deformity

Declension

Declension of anchruth (third declension, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of anchruth

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchruth	n-anchruth	hanchruth	t-anchruth

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) “anchruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “deformity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025