cruitíneach

Irish

Etymology

From cruitín (diminutive of cruit (“hump”)) + -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠəˈtʲiːnʲəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲiːnʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪtʲinʲa(x)/

Noun

cruitíneach m (genitive singular cruitínigh, nominative plural cruitínigh)

1. hunchback, humpback (person with kytosis)

   Synonyms: cruiteachán, dronnachán

Declension

Declension of cruitíneach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cruitíneach cruitínigh vocative a chruitínigh a chruitíneacha genitive cruitínigh cruitíneach dative cruitíneach cruitínigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cruitíneach na cruitínigh genitive an chruitínigh na gcruitíneach dative leis an gcruitíneach don chruitíneach leis na cruitínigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruitíneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruitíneach	chruitíneach	gcruitíneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “cruitíneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruitíneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruitíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44