crú

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish crua, from Old Irish cróa.

Pronunciation

Noun

crú m (genitive singular crú, nominative plural crúite)

  1. horseshoe, shoe

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crú chrú gcrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *krūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Noun

crú m

  1. blood

Inflection

Masculine irregular
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative crú
Vocative crú
Accusative crúN
Genitive cróu, cráu
Dative crúL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cró

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
crú chrú crú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), crú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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