ubhchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From ubhchruth (“oval”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) or ubh (“egg”) +‎ -chruthach (“shaped”).

Adjective

ubhchruthach (genitive singular masculine ubhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine ubhchruthaí, plural ubhchruthacha, comparative ubhchruthaí)

1. egg-shaped, oval

Declension

Declension of ubhchruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthacha
vocative	ubhchruthaigh		ubhchruthacha
genitive		ubhchruthaí	ubhchruthacha	ubhchruthach
dative	ubhchruthach	ubhchruthach; ubhchruthaigh (archaic)	ubhchruthacha
Comparative	níos ubhchruthaí
Superlative	is ubhchruthaí

Synonyms

• ubhach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ubhchruthach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ubhchruthach	n-ubhchruthach	hubhchruthach	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) “ubhchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN