criostalach

Irish

Etymology

From criostal +‎ -ach.

Adjective

criostalach (genitive singular masculine criostalaigh, genitive singular feminine criostalaí, plural criostalacha, comparative criostalaí)

1. crystalline

   Synonym: criostalta

Declension

Declension of criostalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	criostalach	chriostalach	criostalacha; chriostalacha2
vocative	chriostalaigh		criostalacha
genitive		criostalaí	criostalacha	criostalach
dative	criostalach; chriostalach1	chriostalach; chriostalaigh (archaic)	criostalacha; chriostalacha2
Comparative	níos criostalaí
Superlative	is criostalaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of criostalach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
criostalach	chriostalach	gcriostalach

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) “criostalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “criostalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm