croinicí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish croinicid (“chronicler, historian”), from croinic. By surface analysis, croinic (“chronicle”) +‎ -í.

Noun

croinicí m (genitive singular croinicí, nominative plural croinicithe)

1. chronicler

   Synonyms: croiniceoir, oiriseach

Declension

Declension of croinicí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative croinicí croinicithe Vocative a chroinicí a chroinicithe Genitive croinicí croinicithe Dative croinicí croinicithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an croinicí na croinicithe Genitive an chroinicí na gcroinicithe Dative leis an gcroinicí don chroinicí leis na croinicithe

Related terms

• croiniceacht f (“chronicling”)
• croinicigh (“chronicle”, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

croinicí f pl

1. plural of croinic (“chronicle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croinicí	chroinicí	gcroinicí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croiniceoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “croinicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language