croíchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

croíchruthach (genitive singular masculine croíchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine croíchruthaí, plural croíchruthacha, comparative croíchruthaí)

1. heart-shaped

Declension

Declension of croíchruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	croíchruthach	chroíchruthach	croíchruthacha; chroíchruthacha2
vocative	chroíchruthaigh		croíchruthacha
genitive		croíchruthaí	croíchruthacha	croíchruthach
dative	croíchruthach; chroíchruthach1	chroíchruthach; chroíchruthaigh (archaic)	croíchruthacha; chroíchruthacha2
Comparative	níos croíchruthaí
Superlative	is croíchruthaí

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 croíchruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croíchruthach	chroíchruthach	gcroíchruthach

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