cruálach - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- cruadálach, cruagálach
- cruadhalach, cruadhálach (superseded)
- cruadhdálach, cruadh-dhálach (obsolete)[1]
From cruáil (“cruelty”) + -ach.
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuəd̪ˠalˠa(x)/, /ˈkɾˠuəd̪ˠal̪ˠa(x)/[2] (corresponding to the form cruadálach)
cruálach (genitive singular masculine cruálaigh, genitive singular feminine cruálaí, plural cruálacha, comparative cruálaí)
- (cruel): danartha
- (stingy): sprionlaithe, gortach, ceachartha
- (hardy): miotalach, crua
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cruálach | chruálach | gcruálach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ “cruálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 399, page 132
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruadálach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruaḋalaċ, cruadálaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 201
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN