croíbhrúite

Irish

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ brúite (“pressed, crushed”)

Adjective

croíbhrúite

1. contrite

Declension

Declension of croíbhrúite

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	croíbhrúite	chroíbhrúite	croíbhrúite; chroíbhrúite2
vocative	chroíbhrúite		croíbhrúite
genitive		croíbhrúite	croíbhrúite	croíbhrúite
dative	croíbhrúite; chroíbhrúite1	chroíbhrúite	croíbhrúite; chroíbhrúite2
Comparative	níos croíbhrúite
Superlative	is croíbhrúite

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

Related terms

• croíbhrú m (“contrition”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croíbhrúite

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croíbhrúite	chroíbhrúite	gcroíbhrúite

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