croinicí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish croinicid (“chronicler, historian”), from croinic. By surface analysis, croinic (“chronicle”) +‎ -í.

Noun

croinicí m (genitive singular croinicí, nominative plural croinicithe)

1. chronicler

   Synonyms: croiniceoir, oiriseach

Declension

Declension of croinicí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative croinicí croinicithe vocative a chroinicí a chroinicithe genitive croinicí croinicithe dative croinicí croinicithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an croinicí na croinicithe genitive an chroinicí na gcroinicithe dative leis an gcroinicí don chroinicí leis na croinicithe

Related terms

• croiniceacht f (“chronicling”)
• croinicigh (“chronicle”, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

croinicí f pl

1. plural of croinic (“chronicle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croinicí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croinicí	chroinicí	gcroinicí

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) “croiniceoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croinicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language