croisín

Irish

Etymology

cros +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠəˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɔʃiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɔʃinʲ/

Noun

croisín m (genitive singular croisín, nominative plural croisíní)

1. crutch (device to assist in motion as a cane)
2. (music) crotchet, quarter note

Declension

Declension of croisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative croisín croisíní Vocative a chroisín a chroisíní Genitive croisín croisíní Dative croisín croisíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an croisín na croisíní Genitive an chroisín na gcroisíní Dative leis an gcroisín don chroisín leis na croisíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croisín	chroisín	gcroisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “croisín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN