crainn
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Irish
Alternative forms
- crainnte (dialectal nominative/dative plural)
- croinn (obsolete)
- croinnte (Cois Fharraige)
Pronunciation
Noun
crainn m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| crainn | chrainn | gcrainn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative form of cràin (“female of any animal”)
Noun
crainn f
- the queen of the hive
- (Islay) ugly old woman
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
crainn m
- inflection of crann (“tree”):
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| crainn | chrainn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 bee in Edward Dwelly (1911) “crainn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 9 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Bauer, Mìchael. bee in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 9 May 2015.