crómatach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) ‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠoːmˠət̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɔːmˠət̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

crómatach (genitive singular masculine crómataigh, genitive singular feminine crómataí, plural crómatacha)

1. chromatic (colour)
2. (music) chromatic

Declension

Declension of crómatach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	crómatach	chrómatach	crómatacha; chrómatacha2
vocative	chrómataigh		crómatacha
genitive		crómataí	crómatacha	crómatach
dative	crómatach; chrómatach1	chrómatach; chrómataigh (archaic)	crómatacha; chrómatacha2
Comparative	níos crómataí
Superlative	is crómataí

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

Synonyms

• (colour): glédhathach
• (music): leath-thonach

Derived terms

• iseacrómatach (“isochromatic”)
• ortacrómatach (“orthochromatic”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crómatach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crómatach	chrómatach	gcrómatach

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) “crómatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN