croíán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ -án.

Noun

croíán m (genitive singular croíáin, nominative plural croíáin)

  1. gallant, playboy

Declension

Declension of croíán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative croíán croíáin
vocative a chroíáin a chroíána
genitive croíáin croíán
dative croíán croíáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an croíán na croíáin
genitive an chroíáin na gcroíán
dative leis an gcroíán
don chroíán 		leis na croíáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of croíán
radical lenition eclipsis
croíán chroíán gcroíán

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

References

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