cruinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind,[1] from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cruinn (genitive singular masculine cruinn, genitive singular feminine cruinne, plural cruinne, comparative cruinne)

  1. round (circular or cylindrical)
  2. exact, accurate
  3. clear (free of ambiguity or doubt; able to perceive straightforwardly)

Declension

Declension of cruinn
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cruinn chruinn cruinne;
chruinne2
vocative chruinn cruinne
genitive cruinne cruinne cruinn
dative cruinn;
chruinn1
chruinn cruinne;
chruinne2
Comparative níos cruinne
Superlative is cruinne

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruinn
radical lenition eclipsis
cruinn chruinn gcruinn

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

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Adjective

cruinn

  1. accurate, detailed, unambiguous
  2. round, spherical, circular
  3. circumstantial
  4. compact
  5. consummate, exact, scrupulous, strict

Antonyms

  • neuchruinn

Derived terms

  • cruinnid
  • cruinnys

Mutation

Mutation of cruinn
radical lenition eclipsis
cruinn chruinn gruinn

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰruɪɲ/

Adjective

cruinn

  1. round, circular, globular
  2. succinct, neat
    gu cruinnsuccinctly
  3. gathered, assembled, collected

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cruinn
radical lenition
cruinn chruinn

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