cruit

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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)

  1. (music) (small) harp
  2. hunch, hump

Declension

Declension of cruit (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cruit cruiteanna
vocative a chruit a chruiteanna
genitive cruite cruiteanna
dative cruit cruiteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chruit na cruiteanna
genitive na cruite na gcruiteanna
dative leis an gcruit
don chruit 		leis na cruiteanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruit
radical lenition eclipsis
cruit chruit gcruit

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cruit f

  1. croft
  2. Alternative form of croit

Mutation

Mutation of cruit
radical lenition
cruit chruit

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

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