cruaidh
See also: cruadh-
Irish
Declension
Declension of cruaidh
Fifth declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
cruaidh (genitive singular feminine cruaidhe, plural cruaidhe, comparative cruaidhe)
- Obsolete spelling of crua (“hard”)
Declension
Declension of cruaidh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruaidh | chruaidh | cruaidhe; chruaidhe² | |
| Vocative | chruaidh | cruaidhe | ||
| Genitive | cruaidhe | cruaidhe | cruaidh | |
| Dative | cruaidh; chruaidh¹ |
chruaidh | cruaidhe; chruaidhe² | |
| Comparative | níos cruaidhe | |||
| Superlative | is cruaidhe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruaidh | chruaidh | gcruaidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish crúaid (“hard, hardy, harsh; stern, strict”), from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.
Derived terms
- bathar-cruaidh (“hardware”)
- clàr cruaidh (“hard disk”)
- cluaran-cruaidh (“sow thistle”)
- raineach chruaidh (“hard fern”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “crúaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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