crúbchrois

Irish

Etymology

From crúb (“claw, paw; hoof”) +‎ crois (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠuːbˠˌxɾˠʌʃ/

Noun

crúbchrois f (genitive singular crúbchroise, nominative plural crúbchrosa)

1. fylfot

Declension

Declension of crúbchrois (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative crúbchrois crúbchrosa vocative a chrúbchrois a chrúbchrosa genitive crúbchroise crúbchros dative crúbchrois crúbchrosa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chrúbchrois na crúbchrosa genitive na crúbchroise na gcrúbchros dative leis an gcrúbchrois don chrúbchrois leis na crúbchrosa

Mutation

Mutated forms of crúbchrois

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crúbchrois	chrúbchrois	gcrúbchrois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crúbchrois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm