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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English croft.
Noun
crochta m (genitive singular crochta, nominative plural crochtaí)
- croft
Declension
Etymology 2
From croch (verb).
Adjective
crochta
- hung, hanged, hanging
- overhanging
- steep
- hanging down
- affected (of speech)
Derived terms
Noun
crochta
- genitive singular of crochadh
Verb
crochta
- past participle of croch
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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crochta
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chrochta
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gcrochta
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crochta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “crochta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024