cruachás

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cruadhchás, cruadh-chás, cruaidhchás, cruaidh-chás (superseded) === Etymology === crua (“hard”) +‎ cás (“case, situation”) === Noun === cruachás m (genitive singular cruacháis, nominative plural cruachásanna) predicament, miserable condition ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === “cruachás”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cruaḋ-ċás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 100 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruachás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN