crostacht

Irish

Etymology

From crosta +‎ -acht.

Noun

crostacht f (genitive singular crostachta)

1. fractiousness, troublesomeness, complicatedness

   Synonyms: crostáil, crostáltacht

2. mischievousness

   Synonyms: crostáil, crostáltacht

Declension

Declension of crostacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative crostacht vocative a chrostacht genitive crostachta dative crostacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chrostacht genitive na crostachta dative leis an gcrostacht don chrostacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of crostacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crostacht	chrostacht	gcrostacht

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) “crostacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “crostacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025