craobhach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠeːvˠəx/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːwa(x)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cráebach (“branches, branch-wood”), from cráeb (“branch”) (compare modern craobh). ==== Noun ==== craobhach m (genitive singular craobhaigh) (collective) branches ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish cráebach (“having branches, branchy; of hair: branching, in locks, tressed; woody; winding; arabesqued”), from cráeb (“branch”); equivalent to craobh (“branch”) +‎ -ach. ==== Adjective ==== craobhach (genitive singular masculine craobhaigh, genitive singular feminine craobhaí, plural craobhacha, not comparable) branched, branching ramose; arabesque (of design) flowing, spreading (biology) dendritic ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum”) === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “craobhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cráebach (having branches, branchy)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cráebach (branches, branch-wood)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language