cróga

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cróda.[2] By surface analysis, cró (“blood, gore”) +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cróga

  1. brave, valiant
  2. spirited

Declension

Declension of cróga
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cróga chróga cróga;
chróga2
vocative chróga cróga
genitive cróga cróga cróga
dative cróga;
chróga1 		chróga cróga;
chróga2
Comparative níos cróga
Superlative is cróga

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cróga
radical lenition eclipsis
cróga chróga gcróga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “cróga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cródae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 131, page 38; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 429, page 139s

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