croiméalach

Irish

Etymology

From croiméal (“moustache”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

croiméalach (genitive singular masculine croiméalaigh, genitive singular feminine croiméalaí, plural croiméalacha, comparative croiméalaí)

1. moustached

Declension

Declension of croiméalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	croiméalach	chroiméalach	croiméalacha; chroiméalacha2
vocative	chroiméalaigh		croiméalacha
genitive		croiméalaí	croiméalacha	croiméalach
dative	croiméalach; chroiméalach1	chroiméalach; chroiméalaigh (archaic)	croiméalacha; chroiméalacha2
Comparative	níos croiméalaí
Superlative	is croiméalaí

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 croiméalach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croiméalach	chroiméalach	gcroiméalach

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