croí
See also: croi
Irish
Alternative forms
- cridhe (obsolete)
- croidhe (superseded)[1]
Etymology
From Old Irish cride,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /kɾˠiː/[3][4]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /kɾˠiə/[5] (corresponding to the form croidhe)
Noun
croí m (genitive singular croí, nominative plural croíthe)
- heart
- Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad. ― A light heart lives long.
- core
- (broadcasting) hub
- sweetheart
Declension
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- Alternative plurals: croítí (Cois Fharraige), croíonna, croíte, croítheacha
Derived terms
- altair chroí
- briseadh croí
- crá croí
- croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
- croíán (“gallant, playboy”)
- croíbhriseadh
- croíbhriste(ach)
- croíbhrú (“contrition”)
- croíbhrúite (“contrite”)
- croíchrapadh (“systole”)
- croíchrapthach
- croíchruthach
- croídhícheall (“best, utmost endeavour”)
- croídín (“cuddle; little darling”)
- croílár
- croíleac(h)án
- croíléis
- croíléiseach
- croílobhadh (“heart-rot”)
- croíóg (“(call-name for) cow”)
- croíthailte (“heartlands”)
- croíúil
- croíúlacht
- cruachroíoch(t) (“hard-heartedness”)
- dea-chroí
- droch-chroí
- dúchroíoch
- grá mo chroí
- maothchroíoch
- mórchroí
- ó mo chroí amach
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| croí | chroí | gcroí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “croí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Dillon, Myles, Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 222
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 163
- ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 222, page 80; reprinted 1979
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “croiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 268; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “croí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025