críon

See also: crìon

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɾʲiːnˠ/

Adjective

críon (genitive singular masculine crín, genitive singular feminine críne, plural críona, comparative críne)

1. withered, decayed

Declension

Declension of críon

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	críon	chríon	críona; chríona2
vocative	chrín		críona
genitive		críne	críona	críon
dative	críon; chríon1	chríon; chrín (archaic)	críona; chríona2
Comparative	níos críne
Superlative	is críne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• críon-aibí (“over-ripe”)
• críonán (“old wizened person”)
• críonaosta (“old and withered”)

Related terms

• críonach (“decayed wood”)
• críonna (“aged; wise, prudent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of críon

radical	lenition	eclipsis
críon	chríon	gcríon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “críon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 195
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “críon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “críon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “críon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025