críonna

See also: crìonna

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crínda (“old, aged”), from crín (“withered, decayed, decrepit”). By surface analysis, críon +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiːn̪ˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiən̪ˠə/

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

Mutated forms of *críonna*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
críonna	chríonna	gcríonna

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

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, 2013–2025
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