cruaidh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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cruaidh f (genitive singular cruadhach)

  1. Alternative form of cruach (steel)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cruaidh f

  1. Munster, Ulster, and superseded form of crua (hard)

Adjective

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cruaidh (genitive singular feminine cruaidhe, plural cruaidhe, comparative cruaidhe)

  1. Munster, Ulster, and superseded form of crua (hard)
Declension
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruaidh chruaidh gcruaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish crúaid (hard), from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cruaidh

  1. hard
  2. callous
  3. harsh

Derived terms

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Noun

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cruaidh f (genitive singular cruadhach or cruaidhe, plural cruadhaichean)

  1. anchor
  2. steel

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cruaidh chruaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language