crosfhocal

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English crossword: cros- (“cross-”) +‎ focal (“word”).

Noun

crosfhocal m (genitive singular crosfhocail, nominative plural crosfhocail)

1. (games, puzzles) crossword

Declension

Declension of crosfhocal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative crosfhocal crosfhocail vocative a chrosfhocail a chrosfhocala genitive crosfhocail crosfhocal dative crosfhocal crosfhocail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an crosfhocal na crosfhocail genitive an chrosfhocail na gcrosfhocal dative leis an gcrosfhocal don chrosfhocal leis na crosfhocail

Mutation

Mutated forms of crosfhocal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crosfhocal	chrosfhocal	gcrosfhocal

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) “crosfhocal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crosfhocal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “crosfhocal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024