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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative croisín croisíní
Vocative a chroisín a chroisíní
Genitive croisín croisíní
Dative croisín croisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an croisín na croisíní
Genitive an chroisín na gcroisíní
Dative leis an gcroisín

don chroisín

 leis na croisíní

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
croisín chroisín gcroisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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