cruamhuineálach

Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruamhuineálach (genitive singular masculine cruamhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruamhuineálaí, plural cruamhuineálacha, comparative cruamhuineálaí)

1. stiff-necked, obstinate

   Synonyms: ceanndána, ceanntréan, ciotrúnta, stuacach, dáigh

Declension

Declension of cruamhuineálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cruamhuineálach	chruamhuineálach	cruamhuineálacha; chruamhuineálacha2
vocative	chruamhuineálaigh		cruamhuineálacha
genitive		cruamhuineálaí	cruamhuineálacha	cruamhuineálach
dative	cruamhuineálach; chruamhuineálach1	chruamhuineálach; chruamhuineálaigh (archaic)	cruamhuineálacha; chruamhuineálacha2
Comparative	níos cruamhuineálaí
Superlative	is cruamhuineálaí

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 cruamhuineálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruamhuineálach	chruamhuineálach	gcruamhuineálach

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