crobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crob, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos (“hoof”), itself related to *karwos (“stag”).

Noun

crobh m (genitive singular croibh, nominative plural croibh) or
crobh f (genitive singular croibhe, nominative plural crobha)

  1. hand; clawed foot, paw; talons

Declension

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of crobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crobh croibh
Vocative a chroibh a chrobha
Genitive croibh crobh
Dative crobh croibh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an crobh na croibh
Genitive an chroibh na gcrobh
Dative leis an gcrobh

don chrobh

 leis na croibh

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of crobh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crobh crobha
Vocative a chrobh a chrobha
Genitive croibhe crobh
Dative crobh
croibh (archaic, dialectal)		 crobha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chrobh na crobha
Genitive na croibhe na gcrobh
Dative leis an gcrobh
leis an gcroibh (archaic, dialectal)

don chrobh
don chroibh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na crobha

Derived terms
  • crobh fola (“geranium”)
  • crobh préacháin (“crowfoot”)
  • crobhán (“small hand, paw”)
  • crobhchrág (“dogclutch”)
  • crobhlasc (“pear-switch”)
  • crobhneart (“strength of hand”)
  • crobhóg (“tiny hand”)
  • crobhscaoilte (“open-handed”, adjective)
  • crobhspíce (“dog-spike”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crobh chrobh gcrobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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