comhchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From comh- (“mutual, joint, common”) +‎ cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

comhchruthach (genitive singular masculine comhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchruthaí, plural comhchruthacha, comparative comhchruthaí)

1. symmetrical

Declension

Declension of comhchruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha2
vocative	chomhchruthaigh		comhchruthacha
genitive		comhchruthaí	comhchruthacha	comhchruthach
dative	comhchruthach; chomhchruthach1	chomhchruthach; chomhchruthaigh (archaic)	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha2
Comparative	níos comhchruthaí
Superlative	is comhchruthaí

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

Synonyms

• siméadrach

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhchruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	gcomhchruthach

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