cruachroíocht

Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ croí (“heart”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

cruachroíocht f (genitive singular cruachroíochta)

1. hardheartedness, heartlessness

Declension

Declension of cruachroíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cruachroíocht vocative a chruachroíocht genitive cruachroíochta dative cruachroíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chruachroíocht genitive na cruachroíochta dative leis an gcruachroíocht don chruachroíocht

Related terms

• cruachroíoch (“hardhearted”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruachroíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruachroíocht	chruachroíocht	gcruachroíocht

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) “cruachroíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cruachroíocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024