croí
See also: croi
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cride, from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcroí m (genitive singular croí, nominative plural croíthe)
- heart
- Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad. ― A light heart lives long.
- core
- (broadcasting) hub
- sweetheart
Declension
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- Alternative plural: croítí (Cois Fharraige)
- Alternative plurals: croíonna, croíte, croítheacha
Derived terms
edit- altair chroí
- briseadh croí
- crá croí
- croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
- croíán (“gallant, playboy”)
- croíbhriseadh
- croíbhriste(ach)
- croíbhrú (“contrition”)
- croíbhrúite (“contrite”)
- croíchrapadh (“systole”)
- croíchrapthach
- croíchruthach
- croídhícheall (“best, utmost endeavour”)
- croídín (“cuddle; little darling”)
- croílár
- croíleac(h)án
- croíléis
- croíléiseach
- croílobhadh (“heart-rot”)
- croíóg (“(call-name for) cow”)
- croíthailte (“heartlands”)
- croíúil
- croíúlacht
- cruachroíoch(t) (“hard-heartedness”)
- dea-chroí
- droch-chroí
- dúchroíoch
- grá mo chroí
- mórchroí
- ó mo chroí amach
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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croí | chroí | gcroí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “croí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
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- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Love
- ga:Organs
- ga:People