dea-chruthach

Irish

Etymology

From dea- (“good, well-”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

dea-chruthach (genitive singular masculine dea-chruthaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-chruthaí, plural dea-chruthacha, comparative dea-chruthaí)

1. well-shaped; shapely; handsome

Declension

Declension of dea-chruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dea-chruthach	dhea-chruthach	dea-chruthacha; dhea-chruthacha2
vocative	dhea-chruthaigh		dea-chruthacha
genitive		dea-chruthaí	dea-chruthacha	dea-chruthach
dative	dea-chruthach; dhea-chruthach1	dhea-chruthach; dhea-chruthaigh (archaic)	dea-chruthacha; dhea-chruthacha2
Comparative	níos dea-chruthaí
Superlative	is dea-chruthaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (well-shaped): dea-chumtha

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-chruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dea-chruthach	dhea-chruthach	ndea-chruthach

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) “dea-chruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN