cráifeach
Irish
Alternative forms
- crábhthach, cráibhtheach
Etymology
From Old Irish cráibdech, cráifech (“pious, devout; faithful, believing”), from crábud (“piety, devotion, religion”) + -ach (compare modern crábhadh).
Adjective
cráifeach (genitive singular masculine cráifigh, genitive singular feminine cráifí, plural cráifeacha, comparative cráifí)
Declension
Declension of cráifeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cráifeach | chráifeach | cráifeacha; chráifeacha² | |
| Vocative | chráifigh | cráifeacha | ||
| Genitive | cráifí | cráifeacha | cráifeach | |
| Dative | cráifeach; chráifeach¹ |
chráifeach; chráifigh (archaic) |
cráifeacha; chráifeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cráifí | |||
| Superlative | is cráifí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Related terms
- crábhadh m (“religious practice; piety, devotion”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cráifeach | chráifeach | gcráifeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cráifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráibdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cráiḃṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 187
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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