croíúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cridemail; cognate with Scottish Gaelic cridheil. By surface analysis, croí + -úil.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
croíúil (genitive singular feminine croíúla, plural croíúla, comparative croíúla)
Declension edit
Declension of croíúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | croíúil | chroíúil | croíúla; chroíúla² | |
| Vocative | chroíúil | croíúla | ||
| Genitive | croíúla | croíúla | croíúil | |
| Dative | croíúil; chroíúil¹ |
chroíúil | croíúla; chroíúla² | |
| Comparative | níos croíúla | |||
| Superlative | is croíúla | |||
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 edit
- croíúlacht f (“heartiness; cordiality, cheerfulness”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| croíúil | chroíúil | gcroíúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cridemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croíúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croiḋeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198