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Irish
Etymology
From crúb (“hoof”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
crúibín m (genitive singular crúibín, nominative plural crúibíní)
- diminutive of crúb (“hoof”)
- pigs' feet (as food)
Declension
Descendants
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| crúibín
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chrúibín
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gcrúibín
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “crúibín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúibín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “crúibín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 202
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crúibín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN