crannfhear

Irish

Alternative forms

• cráinfhear
• crónfhear

Etymology

From crann (“tree”) +‎ fear (“man”).

Noun

crannfhear m (genitive singular crannfhir, nominative plural crannfhir)

1. aging man

Declension

Declension of crannfhear (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative crannfhear crannfhir vocative a chrannfhir a chrannfheara genitive crannfhir crannfhear dative crannfhear crannfhir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an crannfhear na crannfhir genitive an chrannfhir na gcrannfhear dative leis an gcrannfhear don chrannfhear leis na crannfhir

Mutation

Mutated forms of crannfhear

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crannfhear	chrannfhear	gcrannfhear

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crannfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN