croíán

Irish

Alternative forms

• croidheán

Etymology

From croí (“heart”) +‎ -án.

Noun

croíán m (genitive singular croíáin, nominative plural croíáin)

1. gallant, playboy

Declension

Declension of croíán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative croíán croíáin vocative a chroíáin a chroíána genitive croíáin croíán dative croíán croíáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an croíán na croíáin genitive an chroíáin na gcroíán dative leis an gcroíán don chroíán leis na croíáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of croíán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croíán	chroíán	gcroíán

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) “croíán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN