críon

See also: crìon

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crín,[1] from Proto-Celtic *krīnos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɾʲiːnˠ/

Adjective

críon (genitive singular masculine crín, genitive singular feminine críne, plural críona, comparative críne)

  1. withered, decayed

Declension

Declension of críon
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative críon chríon críona;
chríona2
vocative chrín críona
genitive críne críona críon
dative críon;
chríon1 		chríon;
chrín (archaic) 		críona;
chríona2
Comparative níos críne
Superlative is críne

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

Derived terms

  • críonán (“old wizened person”)
  • críonaosta (“old and withered”)
  • críon-aibí (“over-ripe”)
  • críonach (“decayed wood”)
  • críonna (“aged; wise, prudent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of críon
radical lenition eclipsis
críon chríon gcríon

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), “crín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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