Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish crommán (“hook, reaping-hook, sickle”), from cromm.
Noun
cromán m (genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)
- (anatomy) hip
- Synonym: corróg
- (mechanics, engineering) crank
- harrier (bird of prey)
Declension
Declension of cromán (first declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of cromán
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chromán
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gcromán
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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) “cromán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crommán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cromán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cromán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025