crónán

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crónán (“hum, purr, drone; crooning”).

Noun

crónán m (genitive singular crónáin)

  1. humming, drone

Declension

Declension of crónán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative crónán
vocative a chrónáin
genitive crónáin
dative crónán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an crónán
genitive an chrónáin
dative leis an gcrónán
don chrónán

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of crónán
radical lenition eclipsis
crónán chrónán gcrónán

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

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