cíoch-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From cíoch (“breast”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

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

1. mammiform

Declension

Declension of cíoch-chruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cíoch-chruthach	chíoch-chruthach	cíoch-chruthacha; chíoch-chruthacha2
vocative	chíoch-chruthaigh		cíoch-chruthacha
genitive		cíoch-chruthaí	cíoch-chruthacha	cíoch-chruthach
dative	cíoch-chruthach; chíoch-chruthach1	chíoch-chruthach; chíoch-chruthaigh (archaic)	cíoch-chruthacha; chíoch-chruthacha2
Comparative	níos cíoch-chruthaí
Superlative	is cíoch-chruthaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíoch-chruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cíoch-chruthach	chíoch-chruthach	gcíoch-chruthach

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

References

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