croinic

Irish

Alternative forms

  • croinicil

Etymology

From Middle Irish croinic (“chronicle; history”), from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).[1]

Noun

croinic f (genitive singular croinice, nominative plural croinicí)

  1. chronicle
    Synonyms: cuntas, leabhar oiris

Declension

Declension of croinic (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative croinic croinicí
vocative a chroinic a chroinicí
genitive croinice croinicí
dative croinic croinicí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chroinic na croinicí
genitive na croinice na gcroinicí
dative leis an gcroinic
don chroinic 		leis na croinicí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of croinic
radical lenition eclipsis
croinic chroinic gcroinic

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “croinic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croinic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “chronicle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Latin chronica, originally the plural (reinterpreted as a feminine singular) of chronicon, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkronʲəkʲ/

Noun

croinic f

  1. chronicle

Descendants

  • Irish: croinic
  • Scottish Gaelic: croinic

Mutation

Mutation of croinic
radical lenition nasalization
croinic chroinic croinic
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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