clúmhach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]clúmhach (genitive singular masculine clúmhaigh, genitive singular feminine clumhaí, plural clúmhacha, comparative clumhaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | clumhach | chlumhach | clumhacha; chlumhacha2 | |
| vocative | chlumhaigh | clumhacha | ||
| genitive | clumhaí | clumhacha | clumhach | |
| dative | clumhach; chlumhach1 |
chlumhach; chlumhaigh (archaic) |
clumhacha; chlumhacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos clumhaí | |||
| Superlative | is clumhaí | |||
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
[edit]- muir chlúmhach f (“hairy caterpillar”)
Noun
[edit]clúmhach m (genitive singular clúmhaigh)
- Synonym of clúmh (“down, feathers; hair (on body); down (on cheeks); fur, coat; foliage; egret”)
- fluff, fuzz (of cloth)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| clúmhach | chlúmhach | gclúmhach |
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) “clúmhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clúmhach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “clúmhach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024