croíúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • croidheamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cridemail;[1] cognate with Scottish Gaelic cridheil. By surface analysis, croí +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠiːˈuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːuːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠiːu(ː)lʲ/

Adjective

croíúil (genitive singular feminine croíúla, plural croíúla, comparative croíúla)

  1. hearty; cordial, cheerful

Declension

Declension of croíúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative croíúil chroíúil croíúla;
chroíúla2
vocative chroíúil croíúla
genitive croíúla croíúla croíúil
dative croíúil;
chroíúil1 		chroíúil croíúla;
chroíúla2
Comparative níos croíúla
Superlative is croíúla

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

  • croíúlacht f (“heartiness; cordiality, cheerfulness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croíúil
radical lenition eclipsis
croíúil chroíúil gcroíúil

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

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