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croíúil

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cridemail; cognate with Scottish Gaelic cridheil. By surface analysis, croí +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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croíúil (genitive singular feminine croíúla, plural croíúla, comparative croíúla)

  1. hearty; cordial, cheerful

Declension

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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

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  • croíúlacht f (“heartiness; cordiality, cheerfulness”)

Mutation

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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

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