cronaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cronaigid (complain (of), rebuke). By surface analysis, cron (fault, defect) +‎ -igh.

Dinneen’s dictionary distinguishes between crothnaigh (to miss, notice (the absence of)) and cronaigh (blame, find fault), so it is possible that the two senses have separate etymologies. However, it is unclear what the etymology of crothnaigh might be, as that verb is not present in the Dictionary of the Irish Language.

Pronunciation

Verb

cronaigh (present analytic cronaíonn, future analytic cronóidh, verbal noun cronú, past participle cronaithe)

  1. miss (notice the absence of)
  2. (literary) reprove, find fault
  3. (literary) bewitch

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of cronaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cronaigh chronaigh gcronaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89

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