cuarach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cuarach (genitive singular masculine cuaraigh, genitive singular feminine cuaraí, plural cuaracha, comparative cuaraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cuarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cuarach | chuarach | cuaracha; chuaracha² | |
Vocative | chuaraigh | cuaracha | ||
Genitive | cuaraí | cuaracha | cuarach | |
Dative | cuarach; chuarach¹ |
chuarach; chuaraigh (archaic) |
cuaracha; chuaracha² | |
Comparative | níos cuaraí | |||
Superlative | is cuaraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuarach | chuarach | gcuarach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuarach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024