cuircíneach

Irish

Etymology

cuircín (“crest”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cuircíneach (genitive singular masculine cuircínigh, genitive singular feminine cuircíní, plural cuircíneacha, comparative cuircíní)

1. crested, tufted

Declension

Declension of cuircíneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cuircíneach	chuircíneach	cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha2
vocative	chuircínigh		cuircíneacha
genitive		cuircíní	cuircíneacha	cuircíneach
dative	cuircíneach; chuircíneach1	chuircíneach; chuircínigh (archaic)	cuircíneacha; chuircíneacha2
Comparative	níos cuircíní
Superlative	is cuircíní

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 cuircíneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuircíneach	chuircíneach	gcuircíneach

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