inchríneach
Irish
Etymology
From in- + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
inchríneach (genitive singular masculine inchrínigh, genitive singular feminine inchríní, plural inchríneacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of inchríneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | inchríneach | inchríneach | inchríneacha | |
| Vocative | inchrínigh | inchríneacha | ||
| Genitive | inchríní | inchríneacha | inchríneach | |
| Dative | inchríneach | inchríneach; inchrínigh (archaic) |
inchríneacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Derived terms
- faireog inchríneach f (“endocrine gland”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| inchríneach | n-inchríneach | hinchríneach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inchríneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “endocrine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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