croí

See also: croi

Irish

Alternative forms

• croidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cride, from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾˠiː/

Noun

croí m (genitive singular croí, nominative plural croíthe)

1. heart

   Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad. ― A light heart lives long.

2. core
3. (broadcasting) hub
4. sweetheart

Declension

Declension of croí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative croí croíthe vocative a chroí a chroíthe genitive croí croíthe dative croí croíthe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an croí na croíthe genitive an chroí na gcroíthe dative leis an gcroí don chroí leis na croíthe

• Alternative plural: croítí (Cois Fharraige)
• Alternative plurals: croíonna, croíte, croítheacha

Derived terms

• altair chroí
• briseadh croí
• crá croí
• croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
• croíán (“gallant, playboy”)
• croíbhriseadh
• croíbhriste(ach)
• croíbhrú (“contrition”)
• croíbhrúite (“contrite”)
• croíchrapadh (“systole”)
• croíchrapthach
• croíchruthach
• croídhícheall (“best, utmost endeavour”)
• croídín (“cuddle; little darling”)
• croílár
• croíleac(h)án
• croíléis
• croíléiseach
• croílobhadh (“heart-rot”)
• croíóg (“(call-name for) cow”)
• croíthailte (“heartlands”)
• croíúil
• croíúlacht
• cruachroíoch(t) (“hard-heartedness”)
• dea-chroí
• droch-chroí
• dúchroíoch
• grá mo chroí
• mórchroí
• ó mo chroí amach

Mutation

Mutated forms of croí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croí	chroí	gcroí

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) “croí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “croí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025