crotach
See also: Crótach
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈkɾˠɔt̪ˠəx]
Declension
Declension of crotach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- crotach cloch (“stone-curlew, stone-plover”)
- crotach eanaigh, crotach samhraidh (“whimbrel”)
Adjective
crotach (genitive singular masculine crotaigh, genitive singular feminine crotaí, plural crotacha, comparative crotaí)
- Alternative form of cruthúil (“shapely, beautiful; of promising appearance; of good physique; likely, plausible”)
Declension
Declension of crotach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | crotach | chrotach | crotacha; chrotacha² | |
| Vocative | chrotaigh | crotacha | ||
| Genitive | crotaí | crotacha | crotach | |
| Dative | crotach; chrotach¹ |
chrotach; chrotaigh (archaic) |
crotacha; chrotacha² | |
| Comparative | níos crotaí | |||
| Superlative | is crotaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Adjective
crotach (genitive singular masculine crotaigh, genitive singular feminine crotaí, plural crotacha, comparative crotaí)
- Alternative form of cruiteach (“humped, hunchbacked”)
Declension
Declension of crotach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | crotach | chrotach | crotacha; chrotacha² | |
| Vocative | chrotaigh | crotacha | ||
| Genitive | crotaí | crotacha | crotach | |
| Dative | crotach; chrotach¹ |
chrotach; chrotaigh (archaic) |
crotacha; chrotacha² | |
| Comparative | níos crotaí | |||
| Superlative | is crotaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- crotachán m (“hunchback”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| crotach | chrotach | gcrotach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "crotach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “crotach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “crotach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| crotach | chrotach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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