cráinbheach

Irish

Etymology

From cráin (“sow”) +‎ beach (“bee”).

Noun

cráinbheach f (genitive singular cráinbheiche, nominative plural cráinbheacha)

1. queen bee

Declension

Declension of cráinbheach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cráinbheach cráinbheacha vocative a chráinbheach a chráinbheacha genitive cráinbheiche cráinbheach dative cráinbheach cráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) cráinbheacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chráinbheach na cráinbheacha genitive na cráinbheiche na gcráinbheach dative leis an gcráinbheach leis an gcráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) don chráinbheach don chráinbheich (archaic, dialectal) leis na cráinbheacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cráinbheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cráinbheach	chráinbheach	gcráinbheach

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