cnaipíneach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cnaipíneach (genitive singular masculine cnaipínigh, genitive singular feminine cnaipíní, plural cnaipíneacha, comparative cnaipíní)
- Alternative form of cnapánach (“lumpy; gnarled, rugged”)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN