croiniceoir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish croiniceóir (“chronicler, historian”), from croinic. By surface analysis, croinic (“chronicle”) +‎ -óir.

Noun

croiniceoir m (genitive singular croiniceora, nominative plural croiniceoirí)

1. chronicler

   Synonyms: croinicí, oiriseach

Declension

Declension of croiniceoir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative croiniceoir croiniceoirí Vocative a chroiniceoir a chroiniceoirí Genitive croiniceora croiniceoirí Dative croiniceoir croiniceoirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an croiniceoir na croiniceoirí Genitive an chroiniceora na gcroiniceoirí Dative leis an gcroiniceoir don chroiniceoir leis na croiniceoirí

Related terms

• croiniceacht f (“chronicling”)
• croinicigh (“chronicle”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croiniceoir	chroiniceoir	gcroiniceoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croiniceoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiniceóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croiniceoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “croiniceoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024