cruitire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruittire, from crott, cruitt (“harp, lute”).

Noun

cruitire m (genitive singular cruitire, nominative plural cruitirí)

1. harpist

Declension

Declension of cruitire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cruitire cruitirí Vocative a chruitire a chruitirí Genitive cruitire cruitirí Dative cruitire cruitirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cruitire na cruitirí Genitive an chruitire na gcruitirí Dative leis an gcruitire don chruitire leis na cruitirí

Synonyms

• cláirseoir m

Related terms

• cruit (“(small) harp”)
• cruitireacht (“(act of) harping”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruitire	chruitire	gcruitire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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