cromán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crommán (hook, reaping-hook, sickle), from cromm.

Noun

cromán m (genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)

  1. (anatomy) hip
    Synonym: corróg
  2. (mechanics, engineering) crank
  3. harrier (bird of prey)

Declension

Declension of cromán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cromán cromáin
vocative a chromáin a chromána
genitive cromáin cromán
dative cromán cromáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cromán na cromáin
genitive an chromáin na gcromán
dative leis an gcromán
don chromán
leis na cromáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cromán
radical lenition eclipsis
cromán chromán gcromán

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

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