crúca
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English croke or Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuːkə/
Noun
crúca m (genitive singular crúca, nominative plural crúcaí)
- hook, crook
- (music) hook
- clutch (a hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly), claw (usually figurative)
- (familiar) paw, hand
Declension
Declension of crúca
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- crúca báid
- crúca cairbíneach
- crúca craenach
- crúca cróise
- crúca dúbailte
- crúca is cró
- crúca linge
- luamhán crúca
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
crúca | chrúca | gcrúca |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “crúca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “crúca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “crúca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.