crogall

Irish

Etymology

From Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Noun

crogall m (genitive singular crogaill, nominative plural crogaill)

  1. crocodile

Declension
Declension of crogall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crogall crogaill
Vocative a chrogaill a chrogalla
Genitive crogaill crogall
Dative crogall crogaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an crogall na crogaill
Genitive an chrogaill na gcrogall
Dative leis an gcrogall

don chrogall

 leis na crogaill

Derived terms
  • fáiscín crogaill m (“alligator clip”)

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Noun

crogall m (genitive singular crogaill, plural crogallan)

  1. crocodile
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