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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cruitt, originally the dative of crott (“harp, lute”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cruit f (genitive singular cruite, nominative plural cruiteanna)
- (music) (small) harp
- hunch, hump
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cruit
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chruit
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gcruit
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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) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cruit”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cruit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
cruit f
- croft
- Alternative form of croit
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.