cróise

See also: croise and croisé

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet.

Noun

cróise f (genitive singular cróise)

1. crochet

   Synonym: cróiseáil

Declension

Declension of cróise (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cróise vocative a chróise genitive cróise dative cróise forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chróise genitive na cróise dative leis an gcróise don chróise

Derived terms

• biorán cróise, crúca cróise (“crochet hook”)
• cróiseáil (“crochet”, verb)
• obair chróise (“crochet-work”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cróise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cróise	chróise	gcróise

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) “cróise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “crochet”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025