cromán
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish crommán (“hook, reaping-hook, sickle”), from cromm.
Noun
[edit]cromán m (genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cromán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- acastóir cromáin (“crank-axle”)
- alt an chromáin (“hip-joint”)
- bacán cromáin (“crank-arm”)
- cás cromáin (“crank-case”)
- cnámh an chromáin (“hip-bone”)
- cromán liath (“Montagu's harrier”)
- cromán móna (“marsh-harrier”)
- cromán na gcearc (“hen-harrier”)
- pionna cromáin (“crank-pin”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cromán | chromán | gcromán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cromán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crommán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cromán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cromán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024