crochaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crochaire.[1] By surface analysis, croch +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔxəɾʲə/[2]

Noun

crochaire m (genitive singular crochaire, nominative plural crochairí)

  1. alternative form of crochadóir

Declension

Declension of crochaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative crochaire crochairí
vocative a chrochaire a chrochairí
genitive crochaire crochairí
dative crochaire crochairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an crochaire na crochairí
genitive an chrochaire na gcrochairí
dative leis an gcrochaire
don chrochaire 		leis na crochairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of crochaire
radical lenition eclipsis
crochaire chrochaire gcrochaire

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crochaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 202

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “croċaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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