seangchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From seang (“slender, slim, person”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

seangchruthach (genitive singular masculine seangchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine seangchruthaí, plural seangchruthacha)

1. slightly-built, slender, svelte

   Synonyms: caol, caolchumtha, éadrom

Declension

Declension of seangchruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	seangchruthach	sheangchruthach	seangchruthacha; sheangchruthacha2
vocative	sheangchruthaigh		seangchruthacha
genitive		seangchruthaí	seangchruthacha	seangchruthach
dative	seangchruthach; sheangchruthach1	sheangchruthach; sheangchruthaigh (archaic)	seangchruthacha; sheangchruthacha2
Comparative	níos seangchruthaí
Superlative	is seangchruthaí

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 seangchruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seangchruthach	sheangchruthach after an, tseangchruthach	not applicable

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) “seangchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “slightly-built”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seangchruthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm