cró

See also: cro and CRO

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cró,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (enclosure).[2] Cognate with Breton krao (eye of a needle), kraou (stable), Welsh crau (hole; eye socket; sty),[3] Cornish krow (hut, shed, sty). From Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (to cover), compare Old English hrēodan (to cover), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, to hide).[4][5]

Noun

cró m (genitive singular cró, nominative plural cróite)

  1. eye, socket
  2. bore
  3. (photography) aperture
  4. ring
  5. enclosure; fold, pen
  6. (small) outbuilding
  7. mean dwelling, hovel
  8. hollow; (topography) hollow, hole
Declension
Declension of cró (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cró cróite
vocative a chró a chróite
genitive cró cróite
dative cró cróite
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cró na cróite
genitive an chró na gcróite
dative leis an gcró
don chró
leis na cróite
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish crú (blood),[6][7] from Proto-Celtic *krowos, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Noun

cró m (genitive singular cró)

  1. blood, gore
Declension
Declension of cró (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cró
vocative a chró
genitive cró
dative cró
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cró
genitive an chró
dative leis an gcró
don chró
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 3

From English crow (iron bar).

Noun

cró m (genitive singular cró, nominative plural cróite)

  1. alternative form of gró (crowbar, crow (iron bar))
Declension
Declension of cró (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cró cróite
vocative a chró a chróite
genitive cró cróite
dative cró cróite
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cró na cróite
genitive an chró na gcróite
dative leis an gcró
don chró
leis na cróite

References

Mutation

Mutated forms of cró
radical lenition eclipsis
cró chró gcró

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