cithréimeach

Irish

By surface analysis, cithréim +‎ -ach, but since the adjective is attested earlier, the noun may be a back-formation. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ciorramach.

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞hɾˠəmˠa(x)/^[3] (corresponding to the form ciothramach)

cithréimeach (genitive singular masculine cithréimigh, genitive singular feminine cithréimí, plural cithréimeacha, comparative cithréimí)

Declension of *cithréimeach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cithréimeach	chithréimeach	cithréimeacha; chithréimeacha²
vocative	chithréimigh	chithréimeach	cithréimeacha
genitive	chithréimigh	cithréimí	cithréimeacha	cithréimeach
dative	cithréimeach; chithréimeach¹	chithréimeach; chithréimigh (archaic)	cithréimeacha; chithréimeacha²
Comparative	níos cithréimí
Superlative	is cithréimí

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

Mutated forms of *cithréimeach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cithréimeach	chithréimeach	gcithréimeach

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

^ “cithréimeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cithrumach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

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