croisín

Irish

Etymology

cros +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠəˈʃiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔʃiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔʃinʲ/

Noun

croisín m (genitive singular croisín, nominative plural croisíní)

  1. crutch (device to assist in motion as a cane)
  2. (music) crotchet, quarter note

Declension

Declension of croisín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative croisín croisíní
vocative a chroisín a chroisíní
genitive croisín croisíní
dative croisín croisíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an croisín na croisíní
genitive an chroisín na gcroisíní
dative leis an gcroisín
don chroisín 		leis na croisíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of croisín
radical lenition eclipsis
croisín chroisín gcroisín

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

Further reading

  • “croisín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croisín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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