cíocrasach

Irish

Etymology

From cíocras (“greed, eagerness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cíocrasach (genitive singular masculine cíocrasaigh, genitive singular feminine cíocrasaí, plural cíocrasacha, comparative cíocrasaí)

1. Alternative form of cíocrach (“greedy, eager”)

Declension

Declension of cíocrasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cíocrasach	chíocrasach	cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha2
vocative	chíocrasaigh		cíocrasacha
genitive		cíocrasaí	cíocrasacha	cíocrasach
dative	cíocrasach; chíocrasach1	chíocrasach; chíocrasaigh (archaic)	cíocrasacha; chíocrasacha2
Comparative	níos cíocrasaí
Superlative	is cíocrasaí

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 cíocrasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cíocrasach	chíocrasach	gcíocrasach

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) “cíocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN