Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
croithleog f (genitive singular croithleoige, nominative plural croithleoga)
- ear (of grain, especially barley)
- Synonym: dias
Declension
Declension of croithleog (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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croithleog
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croithleoga
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| vocative
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a chroithleog
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a chroithleoga
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| genitive
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croithleoige
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croithleog
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| dative
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croithleog
croithleoig (archaic, dialectal)
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croithleoga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chroithleog
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na croithleoga
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| genitive
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na croithleoige
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na gcroithleog
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| dative
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leis an gcroithleog
leis an gcroithleoig (archaic, dialectal)
don chroithleog
don chroithleoig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na croithleoga
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Mutation
Mutated forms of croithleog
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| croithleog
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chroithleog
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gcroithleog
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “croiṫleog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- “croithleog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croithleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
