cros-síolrach

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ síolrach (“breed, progeny”).

Adjective

cros-síolrach (genitive singular masculine cros-síolraigh, genitive singular feminine cros-síolraí, plural cros-síolracha)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

   Synonym: hibrideach

Declension

Declension of cros-síolrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cros-síolrach	chros-síolrach	cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha2
vocative	chros-síolraigh		cros-síolracha
genitive		cros-síolraí	cros-síolracha	cros-síolrach
dative	cros-síolrach; chros-síolrach1	chros-síolrach; chros-síolraigh (archaic)	cros-síolracha; chros-síolracha2
Comparative	níos cros-síolraí
Superlative	is cros-síolraí

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

Noun

cros-síolrach m (genitive singular cros-síolraigh, nominative plural cros-síolraigh)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) hybrid

   Synonym: hibrid

Declension

Declension of cros-síolrach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cros-síolrach cros-síolraigh vocative a chros-síolraigh a chros-síolracha genitive cros-síolraigh cros-síolrach dative cros-síolrach cros-síolraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cros-síolrach na cros-síolraigh genitive an chros-síolraigh na gcros-síolrach dative leis an gcros-síolrach don chros-síolrach leis na cros-síolraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cros-síolrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cros-síolrach	chros-síolrach	gcros-síolrach

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) “cros-síolrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN