crúca

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English croke or Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠuːkə/

Noun

crúca m (genitive singular crúca, nominative plural crúcaí)

1. hook, crook
2. (music) hook
3. clutch (a hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly), claw (usually figurative)
4. (familiar) paw, hand

Declension

Declension of crúca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative crúca crúcaí Vocative a chrúca a chrúcaí Genitive crúca crúcaí Dative crúca crúcaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an crúca na crúcaí Genitive an chrúca na gcrúcaí Dative leis an gcrúca don chrúca leis na crúcaí

Derived terms

• crúca báid
• crúca cairbíneach
• crúca craenach
• crúca cróise
• crúca dúbailte
• crúca is cró
• crúca linge
• luamhán crúca

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crúca	chrúca	gcrúca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crúca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crúca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “crúca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024