cráinbheach

Irish

Etymology

From cráin (“sow”) +‎ beach (“bee”).

Noun

cráinbheach f (genitive singular cráinbheiche, nominative plural cráinbheacha)

  1. queen bee

Declension
Declension of cráinbheach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cráinbheach cráinbheacha
Vocative a chráinbheach a chráinbheacha
Genitive cráinbheiche cráinbheach
Dative cráinbheach
cráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)		 cráinbheacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chráinbheach na cráinbheacha
Genitive na cráinbheiche na gcráinbheach
Dative leis an gcráinbheach
leis an gcráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)

don chráinbheach
don chráinbheich (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na cráinbheacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cráinbheach chráinbheach gcráinbheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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