comhchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From comh- (“mutual, joint, common”) +‎ cruth (“shape”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

comhchruthach (genitive singular masculine comhchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchruthaí, plural comhchruthacha, comparative comhchruthaí)

symmetrical

Declension

Declension of comhchruthach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha²
Vocative	chomhchruthaigh	chomhchruthach	comhchruthacha
Genitive	chomhchruthaigh	comhchruthaí	comhchruthacha	comhchruthach
Dative	comhchruthach; chomhchruthach¹	chomhchruthach; chomhchruthaigh (archaic)	comhchruthacha; chomhchruthacha²
Comparative	níos comhchruthaí
Superlative	is comhchruthaí

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

Synonyms

siméadrach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhchruthach	chomhchruthach	gcomhchruthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"comhchruthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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