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

Positive	singular		plural
	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