cruachroíoch

Irish

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ croí (“heart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruachroíoch (genitive singular masculine cruachroíoch, genitive singular feminine cruachroíche, plural cruachroíocha, comparative cruachroíche)

hard-hearted, pitiless

Declension

Declension of cruachroíoch

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cruachroíoch	chruachroíoch	cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha²
Vocative	chruachroíoch	chruachroíoch	cruachroíocha
Genitive	chruachroíoch	cruachroíche	cruachroíocha	cruachroíoch
Dative	cruachroíoch; chruachroíoch¹	chruachroíoch	cruachroíocha; chruachroíocha²
Comparative	níos cruachroíche
Superlative	is cruachroíche

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

Related terms

cruachroíocht f (“hard-heartedness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruachroíoch	chruachroíoch	gcruachroíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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