crómatach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]crómatach (genitive singular masculine crómataigh, genitive singular feminine crómataí, plural crómatacha)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- (colour): glédhathach
- (music): leath-thonach
Derived terms
[edit]- iseacrómatach (“isochromatic”)
- ortacrómatach (“orthochromatic”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crómatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN