cronaigh

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish cronaigid (complain (of), rebuke). By surface analysis, cron (fault, defect) +‎ -igh.

Dinneen’s dictionary distinguishes between crothnaigh (to miss, notice (the absence of)) and cronaigh (blame, find fault), so it is possible that the two senses have separate etymologies. However, it is unclear what the etymology of crothnaigh might be, as that verb is not present in the Dictionary of the Irish Language.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cronaigh (present analytic cronaíonn, future analytic cronóidh, verbal noun cronú, past participle cronaithe)

  1. miss (notice the absence of)
  2. (literary) reprove, find fault
  3. (literary) bewitch

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cronaigh chronaigh gcronaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89

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