croíbhristeach

Irish

Etymology

From croíbhriste (“heartbroken; heart-breaking”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croíbhristeach (genitive singular masculine croíbhristigh, genitive singular feminine croíbhristí, plural croíbhristeacha, comparative croíbhristí)

1. Alternative form of croíbhriste (“heartbroken, brokenhearted; heart-breaking”)

Declension

Declension of croíbhristeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	croíbhristeach	chroíbhristeach	croíbhristeacha; chroíbhristeacha2
vocative	chroíbhristigh		croíbhristeacha
genitive		croíbhristí	croíbhristeacha	croíbhristeach
dative	croíbhristeach; chroíbhristeach1	chroíbhristeach; chroíbhristigh (archaic)	croíbhristeacha; chroíbhristeacha2
Comparative	níos croíbhristí
Superlative	is croíbhristí

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 croíbhristeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croíbhristeach	chroíbhristeach	gcroíbhristeach

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