crónán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crónán (“hum, purr, drone; crooning”).

Noun

crónán m (genitive singular crónáin)

  1. humming, drone

Declension

Declension of crónán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative crónán
vocative a chrónáin
genitive crónáin
dative crónán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an crónán
genitive an chrónáin
dative leis an gcrónán
don chrónán

Derived terms

  • crónánaí m (“hummer”)
  • crónánach (“humming”, adjective)
  • crónánacht f (“humming”)

Descendants

  • → Fingallian: cronaan

Mutation

Mutated forms of crónán
radical lenition eclipsis
crónán chrónán gcrónán

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

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