croíán

Irish

Alternative forms

• croidheán

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ -án.

Noun

croíán m (genitive singular croíáin, nominative plural croíáin)

1. gallant, playboy

Declension

Declension of croíán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative croíán croíáin Vocative a chroíáin a chroíána Genitive croíáin croíán Dative croíán croíáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an croíán na croíáin Genitive an chroíáin na gcroíán Dative leis an gcroíán don chroíán leis na croíáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croíán	chroíán	gcroíán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croíán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN