críonna
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See also: crìonna
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish crínda (“old, aged”), from crín (“withered, decayed, decrepit”). By surface analysis, críon + -da.
Pronunciation
Adjective
críonna
Derived terms
- ainchríonna (“imprudent”, adjective)
- athair críonna m (“grandfather”)
- buachaill críonna m (“Devil”)
- críonnacht f (“wisdom”)
- daid críonna m (“grand-dad”)
- máthair chríonna f (“grandmother”)
- neamhchríonna (“unwise”)
- seanchríonna (“precocious”)
Related terms
- críon (“old, withered, decayed”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| críonna | chríonna | gcríonna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “críonna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “críonna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “críonna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crínna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
