crott

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“string instrument, womb, round object”), whence Welsh crwth (“fiddle, hump”), Breton kourzh (“vagina”), and Cornish crothak (“abdomen, uterus”). Further origin unclear, perhaps related to Latvian krūtis (“breast, bust”),[1][2] or to Proto-Celtic *krundis (“round”).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

crott f

  1. harp, lute
  2. hunch, hump

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative crottL croittL crottaH
vocative crottL croittL crottaH
accusative croittN croittL crottaH
genitive croitteH crottL crottN
dative croittL crottaib crottaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: cruit
  • Manx: cruitçh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruit

Mutation

Mutation of crott
radical lenition nasalization
crott chrott crott
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 624
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “krutto”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
  3. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cruit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 111

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