crobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crob, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos (“hoof”), itself related to *karwos (“stag”).

Noun

crobh m (genitive singular croibh, nominative plural croibh) or
crobh f (genitive singular croibhe, nominative plural crobha)

hand; clawed foot, paw; talons

Declension

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of crobh (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	crobh	croibh
vocative	a chroibh	a chrobha
genitive	croibh	crobh
dative	crobh	croibh

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an crobh	na croibh
genitive	an chroibh	na gcrobh
dative	leis an gcrobh don chrobh	leis na croibh

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of crobh (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	crobh	crobha
vocative	a chrobh	a chrobha
genitive	croibhe	crobh
dative	crobh croibh (archaic, dialectal)	crobha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an chrobh	na crobha
genitive	na croibhe	na gcrobh
dative	leis an gcrobh leis an gcroibh (archaic, dialectal) don chrobh don chroibh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na crobha

Derived terms

crobh coille (“woodland geranium”)
crobh dearg (“bloody geranium”)
crobh fola (“geranium”)
crobh préacháin (“crowfoot”)
crobhán (“small hand, paw”)
crobhchrág (“dogclutch”)
crobhlasc (“pear-switch”)
crobhneart (“strength of hand”)
crobhóg (“tiny hand”)
crobhscaoilte (“open-handed”, adjective)
crobhspíce (“dog-spike”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *crobh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
crobh	chrobh	gcrobh

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