crón
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
crón (genitive singular masculine cróin, genitive singular feminine cróine, plural cróna, comparative cróine)
Declension edit
Declension of crón
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | crón | chrón | cróna; chróna² | |
Vocative | chróin | cróna | ||
Genitive | cróne | cróna | crón | |
Dative | crón; chrón¹ |
chrón; chróin (archaic) |
cróna; chróna² | |
Comparative | níos cróne | |||
Superlative | is cróne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
crón m (genitive singular cróin)
Declension edit
Declension of crón
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Verb edit
crón (present analytic crónann, future analytic crónfaidh, verbal noun crónadh, past participle crónta)
- (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of crónaigh
Conjugation edit
conjugation of crón (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
crón | chrón | gcrón |
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), “crón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “crón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “crón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.