cróise

See also: croise and croisé

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet.

Noun

cróise f (genitive singular cróise)

1. crochet

   Synonym: cróiseáil

Declension

Declension of cróise

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cróise Vocative a chróise Genitive cróise Dative cróise

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chróise Genitive na cróise Dative leis an gcróise don chróise

Derived terms

• biorán cróise, crúca cróise (“crochet hook”)
• cróiseáil (“crochet”, verb)
• obair chróise (“crochet-work”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cróise	chróise	gcróise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "cróise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “crochet” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.