cruachraicneach

Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ craiceann (“skin; surface”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruachraicneach (genitive singular masculine cruachraicnigh, genitive singular feminine cruachraicní, plural cruachraicneacha, comparative cruachraicní)

hide-bound

Declension

Declension of cruachraicneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cruachraicneach	chruachraicneach	cruachraicneacha; chruachraicneacha²
Vocative	chruachraicnigh	chruachraicneach	cruachraicneacha
Genitive	chruachraicnigh	cruachraicní	cruachraicneacha	cruachraicneach
Dative	cruachraicneach; chruachraicneach¹	chruachraicneach; chruachraicnigh (archaic)	cruachraicneacha; chruachraicneacha²
Comparative	níos cruachraicní
Superlative	is cruachraicní

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruachraicneach	chruachraicneach	gcruachraicneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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