crú

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish crua, from Old Irish cróa.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

crú m (genitive singular crú, nominative plural crúite)

  1. horseshoe, shoe
Declension
Declension of crú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative crú crúite
vocative a chrú a chrúite
genitive crú crúite
dative crú crúite
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an crú na crúite
genitive an chrú na gcrúite
dative leis an gcrú
don chrú 		leis na crúite

Further reading

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

crú m (genitive singular as substantive crú, genitive as verbal noun crúite)

  1. verbal noun of crúigh (“to milk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crú
radical lenition eclipsis
crú chrú gcrú

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruë”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *krūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Pronunciation

Noun

crú m

  1. blood
    Synonym: fuil

Inflection

Masculine irregular
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative crú — —
Vocative crú — —
Accusative crúN — —
Genitive cróu, cráu — —
Dative crúL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cró

Mutation

Mutation of crú
radical lenition nasalization
crú chrú crú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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