cró

See also: cro and CRO

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (enclosure) (compare Breton krao (eye of a needle), kraou (stable), Welsh crau (hole; eye socket; sty), Cornish krow (hut, shed, sty)), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁- (to hide) (compare Old English hrēodan (to cover), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, to hide)).[1]

Noun

cró m (genitive singular cró, nominative plural cróite)

  1. eye, socket
  2. bore
  3. (photography) aperture
  4. ring
  5. enclosure; fold, pen
  6. (small) outbuilding
  7. mean dwelling, hovel
  8. hollow; (topography) hollow, hole
Declension
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), cró”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cró”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 196
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), cró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “cró” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cró” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), crau2”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), cró”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page cró
  • Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 170

Etymology 2

From Old Irish crú (blood), from Proto-Celtic *krowos, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Noun

cró m (genitive singular cró)

  1. blood, gore
Declension
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Further reading

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cró chró gcró
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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