croíúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• croidheamhail (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cridemail; cognate with Scottish Gaelic cridheil. By surface analysis, croí +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːˈuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠiːuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠiːulʲ/

Adjective

croíúil (genitive singular feminine croíúla, plural croíúla, comparative croíúla)

1. hearty; cordial, cheerful

Declension

Declension of croíúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	croíúil	chroíúil	croíúla; chroíúla2
vocative	chroíúil		croíúla
genitive		croíúla	croíúla	croíúil
dative	croíúil; chroíúil1	chroíúil	croíúla; chroíúla2
Comparative	níos croíúla
Superlative	is croíúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• croíúlacht f (“heartiness; cordiality, cheerfulness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croíúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croíúil	chroíúil	gcroíúil

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cridemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “croíúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croiḋeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198