crú

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish crua, from Old Irish cróa.

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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crú chrú gcrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cruë”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de 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

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
crú chrú crú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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