crúca

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English croke or Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crúca m (genitive singular crúca, nominative plural crúcaí)

  1. hook, crook
  2. (music) hook
  3. clutch (a hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly), claw (usually figurative)
  4. (familiar) paw, hand

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crúca chrúca gcrúca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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