cancrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cancarach
• cangcarach (obsolete)

Etymology

From cancar (“cantankerousness”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkauŋkˠəɾˠəx/

Adjective

cancrach (genitive singular masculine cancraigh, genitive singular feminine cancraí, plural cancracha, comparative cancraí)

1. cankerous
2. cantankerous, peevish

Declension

Declension of cancrach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cancrach	chancrach	cancracha; chancracha2
vocative	chancraigh		cancracha
genitive		cancraí	cancracha	cancrach
dative	cancrach; chancrach1	chancrach; chancraigh (archaic)	cancracha; chancracha2
Comparative	níos cancraí
Superlative	is cancraí

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

Synonyms

• (peevish): cantalach

Derived terms

• cancracht f (“cantankerousness”)

Related terms

• cancraigh (“to vex, annoy”)
• cancrán m (“cantankerous person; crank”)
• cancracht f (“cantankerousness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cancrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cancrach	chancrach	gcancrach

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cancrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cancrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025