cráin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɾˠɑːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠaːnʲ/

Noun

cráin f (genitive singular cránach, nominative plural cránacha)

1. sow

Declension

Declension of cráin (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cráin cránacha vocative a chráin a chránacha genitive cránach cránacha dative cráin cránacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chráin na cránacha genitive na cránach na gcránacha dative leis an gcráin don chráin leis na cránacha

Derived terms

• cráin dhubh f (“killer whale”)
• cráinbheach f (“queen bee”)
• más ionúin an chráin is ionúin an t-ál (“love me, love my dog”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cráin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cráin	chráin	gcráin

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) “cráin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cráin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cráin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024