crup

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

crup (plural crups)

  1. Alternative form of croup (the rump of a horse)
    • 1904, The Leather Manufacturer - Volumes 15-16, page 105:
      The part immediately above the tail (i.e., the haunches) is the crup, and about 4 to 5 inches above the crup the butt is separated from the hide.

Etymology 2

Compare Old High German grop, German grob (“coarse”).

Adjective

crup (comparative more crup, superlative most crup)

  1. Short; brittle (both literally and figuratively).
    You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.
    • 1664, Thomas St Nicholas, Upon Mr. Benchkin, The Curate of Ash, His Presentment of Me to the Consistory Court at Canterbury For Helping to Lay my Poor Old Nurse, the Widow Solly, In her Grave As Soon as she was Brouth Thither and The Coverings, Without Noise or Disturbance, Taken Off:
      Why now so angry, trow ye? What's the matter, That our Sir James is grown so crup and tatter?
    • 1669, John Baptista Porta, Natural Magick, page 322:
      […] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.
    • 1790, Francis Grose, Letters:
      He was tedious crup with me.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

crup (present analytic crupann, future analytic crupfaidh, verbal noun crupadh, past participle cruptha)

  1. Alternative form of crap (“to shrink, contract”)

Conjugation

conjugation of crup (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present crupaim crupann tú;
crupair† 		crupann sé, sí crupaimid crupann sibh crupann siad;
crupaid† 		a chrupann; a chrupas /
a gcrupann* 		cruptar
past chrup mé; chrupas chrup tú; chrupais chrup sé, sí chrupamar; chrup muid chrup sibh; chrupabhair chrup siad; chrupadar a chrup /
ar chrup* 		crupadh
past habitual chrupainn / gcrupainn‡‡ chruptá / gcruptᇇ chrupadh sé, sí / gcrupadh sé, s퇇 chrupaimis; chrupadh muid / gcrupaimis‡‡; gcrupadh muid‡‡ chrupadh sibh / gcrupadh sibh‡‡ chrupaidís; chrupadh siad / gcrupaidís‡‡; gcrupadh siad‡‡ a chrupadh /
a gcrupadh* 		chruptaí / gcrupta퇇
future crupfaidh mé;
crupfad 		crupfaidh tú;
crupfair† 		crupfaidh sé, sí crupfaimid;
crupfaidh muid 		crupfaidh sibh crupfaidh siad;
crupfaid† 		a chrupfaidh; a chrupfas /
a gcrupfaidh* 		crupfar
conditional chrupfainn / gcrupfainn‡‡ chrupfá / gcrupfᇇ chrupfadh sé, sí / gcrupfadh sé, s퇇 chrupfaimis; chrupfadh muid / gcrupfaimis‡‡; gcrupfadh muid‡‡ chrupfadh sibh / gcrupfadh sibh‡‡ chrupfaidís; chrupfadh siad / gcrupfaidís‡‡; gcrupfadh siad‡‡ a chrupfadh /
a gcrupfadh* 		chrupfaí / gcrupfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcrupa mé;
go gcrupad† 		go gcrupa tú;
go gcrupair† 		go gcrupa sé, sí go gcrupaimid;
go gcrupa muid 		go gcrupa sibh go gcrupa siad;
go gcrupaid† 		— go gcruptar
past dá gcrupainn dá gcruptá dá gcrupadh sé, sí dá gcrupaimis;
dá gcrupadh muid 		dá gcrupadh sibh dá gcrupaidís;
dá gcrupadh siad 		— dá gcruptaí
imperative crupaim crup crupadh sé, sí crupaimis crupaigí;
crupaidh† 		crupaidís — cruptar
verbal noun crupadh
past participle cruptha

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of crup
radical lenition eclipsis
crup chrup gcrup

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrup/
  • Rhymes: -up
  • Hyphenation: crùp

Noun

crup m (invariable)

  1. (medicine) croup

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French croup.

Noun

crup n (uncountable)

  1. croup

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crup crupul
genitive-dative crup crupului
vocative crupule
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