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cnaipíneach

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Irish

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Adjective

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cnaipíneach (genitive singular masculine cnaipínigh, genitive singular feminine cnaipíní, plural cnaipíneacha, comparative cnaipíní)

  1. Alternative form of cnapánach (lumpy; gnarled, rugged)

Declension

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Declension of cnaipíneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cnaipíneach chnaipíneach cnaipíneacha;
chnaipíneacha2
vocative chnaipínigh cnaipíneacha
genitive cnaipíní cnaipíneacha cnaipíneach
dative cnaipíneach;
chnaipíneach1
chnaipíneach;
chnaipínigh (archaic)
cnaipíneacha;
chnaipíneacha2
Comparative níos cnaipíní
Superlative is cnaipíní

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cnaipíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
cnaipíneach chnaipíneach gcnaipíneach

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

Further reading

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