cruan

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (“red enamel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cruan m (genitive singular cruain)

  1. enamel

Declension

Declension of cruan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cruan
Vocative a chruain
Genitive cruain
Dative cruan

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an cruan
Genitive an chruain
Dative leis an gcruan

don chruan

Derived terms

Verb

cruan (present analytic cruanann, future analytic cruanfaidh, verbal noun cruanadh, past participle cruanta)

  1. (transitive) enamel

Conjugation

conjugation of cruan (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cruanaim cruanann tú;
cruanair† 		cruanann sé, sí cruanaimid cruanann sibh cruanann siad;
cruanaid† 		a chruanann; a chruanas /
a gcruanann*; a gcruanas* 		cruantar
past chruan mé; chruanas chruan tú; chruanais chruan sé, sí chruanamar; chruan muid chruan sibh; chruanabhair chruan siad; chruanadar a chruan /
ar chruan* 		cruanadh
past habitual chruanainn / gcruanainn‡‡ chruantá / gcruantᇇ chruanadh sé, sí / gcruanadh sé, s퇇 chruanaimis; chruanadh muid / gcruanaimis‡‡; gcruanadh muid‡‡ chruanadh sibh / gcruanadh sibh‡‡ chruanaidís; chruanadh siad / gcruanaidís‡‡; gcruanadh siad‡‡ a chruanadh /
a gcruanadh* 		chruantaí / gcruanta퇇
future cruanfaidh mé;
cruanfad 		cruanfaidh tú;
cruanfair† 		cruanfaidh sé, sí cruanfaimid;
cruanfaidh muid 		cruanfaidh sibh cruanfaidh siad;
cruanfaid† 		a chruanfaidh; a chruanfas /
a gcruanfaidh*; a gcruanfas* 		cruanfar
conditional chruanfainn / gcruanfainn‡‡ chruanfá / gcruanfᇇ chruanfadh sé, sí / gcruanfadh sé, s퇇 chruanfaimis; chruanfadh muid / gcruanfaimis‡‡; gcruanfadh muid‡‡ chruanfadh sibh / gcruanfadh sibh‡‡ chruanfaidís; chruanfadh siad / gcruanfaidís‡‡; gcruanfadh siad‡‡ a chruanfadh /
a gcruanfadh* 		chruanfaí / gcruanfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcruana mé;
go gcruanad† 		go gcruana tú;
go gcruanair† 		go gcruana sé, sí go gcruanaimid;
go gcruana muid 		go gcruana sibh go gcruana siad;
go gcruanaid† 		— go gcruantar
past dá gcruanainn dá gcruantá dá gcruanadh sé, sí dá gcruanaimis;
dá gcruanadh muid 		dá gcruanadh sibh dá gcruanaidís;
dá gcruanadh siad 		— dá gcruantaí
imperative cruanaim cruan cruanadh sé, sí cruanaimis cruanaigí;
cruanaidh† 		cruanaidís — cruantar
verbal noun cruanadh
past participle cruanta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruan chruan gcruan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (“red enamel”).

Adjective

cruan

  1. blood-red

Noun

cruan m

  1. enamel

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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