cruitire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruittire, from crott, cruitt (“harp, lute”).

Noun

cruitire m (genitive singular cruitire, nominative plural cruitirí)

  1. harpist

Declension

Declension of cruitire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cruitire cruitirí
vocative a chruitire a chruitirí
genitive cruitire cruitirí
dative cruitire cruitirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cruitire na cruitirí
genitive an chruitire na gcruitirí
dative leis an gcruitire
don chruitire 		leis na cruitirí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruitire
radical lenition eclipsis
cruitire chruitire gcruitire

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruitire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “harpist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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