cruaigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish crúadaigid. By surface analysis, crua +‎ -igh.

Verb

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cruaigh (present analytic cruann, future analytic cruafaidh, verbal noun cruachan, past participle cruaite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to harden, stiffen, toughen, toughen up
  2. (intransitive) to set (solidify), firm up (become firmer in consistency), congeal
    Synonyms: stalc, téacht
  3. (intransitive) to harden (become less sensitive), grow callous
    Chruaigh a chroí.
    His heart hardened, he grew hard-hearted
  4. (intransitive) to become hard, difficult
    Chruaigh an saol le linn an chogaidh.
    Life became hard during the war.

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruaigh chruaigh gcruaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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