crón

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crón (“name of a colour, brown, reddish-brown, dark yellow, red”)

Adjective

crón (genitive singular masculine cróin, genitive singular feminine cróine, plural cróna, comparative cróine)

  1. tawny, swarthy

Declension

Declension of crón
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative crón chrón cróna;
chróna²
Vocative chróin cróna
Genitive cróne cróna crón
Dative crón;
chrón¹ 		chrón;
chróin (archaic) 		cróna;
chróna²
Comparative níos cróne
Superlative is cróne

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

Noun

crón m (genitive singular cróin)

  1. tawny, swarthy color

Declension

Declension of crón

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative crón
Vocative a chróin
Genitive cróin
Dative crón

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an crón
Genitive an chróin
Dative leis an gcrón

don chrón

Verb

crón (present analytic crónann, future analytic crónfaidh, verbal noun crónadh, past participle crónta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of crónaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of crón (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present crónim crónann tú;
crónir† 		crónann sé, sí crónimid crónann sibh crónann siad;
crónid† 		a chrónann; a chrónas /
a gcrónann* 		cróntar
past chrón mé; chrónas chrón tú; chrónis chrón sé, sí chrónamar; chrón muid chrón sibh; chrónabhair chrón siad; chrónadar a chrón /
ar chrón* 		crónadh
past habitual chróninn / gcróninn‡‡ chróntá / gcróntᇇ chrónadh sé, sí / gcrónadh sé, s퇇 chrónimis; chrónadh muid / gcrónimis‡‡; gcrónadh muid‡‡ chrónadh sibh / gcrónadh sibh‡‡ chrónidís; chrónadh siad / gcrónidís‡‡; gcrónadh siad‡‡ a chrónadh /
a gcrónadh* 		chróntí / gcrónt퇇
future crónfidh mé;
crónfad 		crónfidh tú;
crónfir† 		crónfidh sé, sí crónfimid;
crónfidh muid 		crónfidh sibh crónfidh siad;
crónfid† 		a chrónfidh; a chrónfas /
a gcrónfidh* 		crónfar
conditional chrónfinn / gcrónfinn‡‡ chrónfá / gcrónfᇇ chrónfadh sé, sí / gcrónfadh sé, s퇇 chrónfimis; chrónfadh muid / gcrónfimis‡‡; gcrónfadh muid‡‡ chrónfadh sibh / gcrónfadh sibh‡‡ chrónfidís; chrónfadh siad / gcrónfidís‡‡; gcrónfadh siad‡‡ a chrónfadh /
a gcrónfadh* 		chrónfí / gcrónf퇇
subjunctive present go gcrón mé;
go gcrónad† 		go gcrón tú;
go gcrónir† 		go gcrón sé, sí go gcrónimid;
go gcrón muid 		go gcrón sibh go gcrón siad;
go gcrónid† 		— go gcróntar
past dá gcróninn dá gcróntá dá gcrónadh sé, sí dá gcrónimis;
dá gcrónadh muid 		dá gcrónadh sibh dá gcrónidís;
dá gcrónadh siad 		— dá gcróntí
imperative crónim crón crónadh sé, sí crónimis crónigí;
crónidh† 		crónidís — cróntar
verbal noun crónadh
past participle crónta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crón chrón gcrón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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