cruinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠiːnʲ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /kɾˠiːn̠ʲ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /kɾˠɪn̠ʲ/

Adjective

cruinn (genitive singular masculine cruinn, genitive singular feminine cruinne, plural cruinne, comparative cruinne)

  1. round (circular or cylindrical)
  2. gathered
  3. exact, accurate
    1. clear, coherent
    2. steady
  5. concentrated
  6. frugal, sparing; miserly

Declension
Declension of cruinn
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cruinn chruinn cruinne;
chruinne²
Vocative chruinn cruinne
Genitive cruinne cruinne cruinn
Dative cruinn;
chruinn¹		 chruinn cruinne;
chruinne²
Comparative níos cruinne
Superlative is cruinne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • bliosán cruinn (“globe artichoke”)
  • cruinnbhallach (“round of limb, plump”, adjective)
  • cruinncheannach (“round-headed; round-ended”, adjective)
  • cruinneachán (“dome”)
  • cruinneagán (“small heap, collection”)
  • cruinneas (“exactness, accuracy; accumulation, collection; clearness, coherence; steadiness; frugality, sparingness”)
  • cruinnigh (“assemble; collect; draw together; summon up, recover; converge, focus; make more exact; form”, verb)
  • cruinnmheá (“precision balance”)
  • cruinnmheall (“round mass; globe”)
  • cruinnradharcach (“sure-sighted”, adjective)
  • cruinnsciath (“buckler, target”)
  • cruinnsocach (“round-nosed”, adjective)
  • cruinnteach (“rotunda”)

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

References
  • "cruinn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “cruinn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cruinn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Adjective

cruinn

  1. accurate, detailed, unambiguous
  2. round, spherical, circular
  3. circumstantial
  4. compact
  5. consummate, exact, scrupulous, strict

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • cruinnid
  • cruinnys

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
cruinnchruinngruinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cruind, from Proto-Celtic *krundis (compare Welsh crwn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰruɪɲ/

Adjective

cruinn

  1. round, circular, globular
  2. succinct, neat
    gu cruinn - succinctly
  3. gathered, assembled, collected

Derived terms
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