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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish crínda (“old, aged”), from crín (“withered, decayed, decrepit”). By surface analysis, críon + -da.
Pronunciation
Adjective
críonna
- wise, prudent
- shrewd, sagacious
- thrifty
- grown-up, mature
- old
Derived terms
Related terms
- críon (“old, withered, decayed”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| críonna
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chríonna
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gcríonna
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “críonna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “críonna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “críonna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crínna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61