crón

See also: Cron and cron

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crón (“name of a colour, brown, reddish-brown, dark yellow, red”)

Adjective

crón (genitive singular masculine cróin, genitive singular feminine cróine, plural cróna, comparative cróine)

  1. tawny, swarthy

Declension

Declension of crón
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative crón chrón cróna;
chróna2
vocative chróin cróna
genitive cróne cróna crón
dative crón;
chrón1 		chrón;
chróin (archaic) 		cróna;
chróna2
Comparative níos cróne
Superlative is cróne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

crón m (genitive singular cróin)

  1. tawny, swarthy color

Declension

Declension of crón (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative crón
vocative a chróin
genitive cróin
dative crón
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an crón
genitive an chróin
dative leis an gcrón
don chrón

Verb

crón (present analytic crónann, future analytic crónfaidh, verbal noun crónadh, past participle crónta)

  1. (ambitransitive) synonym of crónaigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of crón (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present crónim crónann tú;
crónir† 		crónann sé, sí crónimid; crónann muid crónann sibh crónann siad;
crónid† 		a chrónann; a chrónas cróntar
past chrón mé; chrónas chrón tú; chrónis chrón sé, sí chrónamar; chrón muid chrón sibh; chrónabhair chrón siad; chrónadar a chrón crónadh
past habitual chróninn /
cróninn‡ 		chróntá /
cróntᇠ		chrónadh sé, sí /
crónadh sé, sí‡ 		chrónimis; chrónadh muid /
crónimis‡; crónadh muid‡ 		chrónadh sibh /
crónadh sibh‡ 		chrónidís; chrónadh siad /
crónidís‡; crónadh siad‡ 		a chrónadh chróntí /
cróntí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future crónfidh mé;
crónfad 		crónfidh tú;
crónfir† 		crónfidh sé, sí crónfimid;
crónfidh muid 		crónfidh sibh crónfidh siad;
crónfid† 		a chrónfidh; a chrónfas crónfar
conditional chrónfinn /
crónfinn‡ 		chrónfá /
crónfᇠ		chrónfadh sé, sí /
crónfadh sé, sí‡ 		chrónfimis; chrónfadh muid /
crónfimis‡; crónfadh muid‡ 		chrónfadh sibh /
crónfadh sibh‡ 		chrónfidís; chrónfadh siad /
crónfidís‡; crónfadh siad‡ 		a chrónfadh chrónfí /
crónfí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go gcrón mé;
go gcrónad† 		go gcrón tú;
go gcrónir† 		go gcrón sé, sí go gcrónimid;
go gcrón muid 		go gcrón sibh go gcrón siad;
go gcrónid† 		— go gcróntar
past dá gcróninn dá gcróntá dá gcrónadh sé, sí dá gcrónimis;
dá gcrónadh muid 		dá gcrónadh sibh dá gcrónidís;
dá gcrónadh siad 		— dá gcróntí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— crónim crón crónadh sé, sí crónimis crónigí;
crónidh† 		crónidís — cróntar
past participle crónta
verbal noun crónadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

  • crónachan m (“dusk”)
  • crónaigh (“to darken”, verb)
  • crónbhuí (“dark yellow”, adjective)
  • cróndearg (“dark red”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crón
radical lenition eclipsis
crón chrón gcrón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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