cataclastach

Irish

Etymology

From English cataclastic, assimilated to the suffix -ach.

Adjective

cataclastach (genitive singular masculine cataclastaigh, genitive singular feminine cataclastaí, plural cataclastacha, not comparable)

1. (petrology) cataclastic

Declension

Declension of cataclastach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cataclastach	chataclastach	cataclastacha; chataclastacha2
vocative	chataclastaigh		cataclastacha
genitive		cataclastaí	cataclastacha	cataclastach
dative	cataclastach; chataclastach1	chataclastach; chataclastaigh (archaic)	cataclastacha; chataclastacha2
Comparative	níos cataclastaí
Superlative	is cataclastaí

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 cataclastach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cataclastach	chataclastach	gcataclastach

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