cranrach

Irish

Etymology

From cranra +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cranrach (genitive singular masculine cranraigh, genitive singular feminine cranraí, plural cranracha, comparative cranraí)

1. knotty
2. callous, horny

Declension

Declension of cranrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cranrach	chranrach	cranracha; chranracha²
Vocative	chranraigh		cranracha
Genitive		cranraí	cranracha	cranrach
Dative	cranrach; chranrach¹	chranrach; chranraigh (archaic)	cranracha; chranracha²
Comparative	níos cranraí
Superlative	is cranraí

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

Related terms

• cranracht
• cranraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cranrach	chranrach	gcranrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cranrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cranrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cranrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.