croiniceoir

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

croiniceoir m (genitive singular croiniceora, nominative plural croiniceoirí)

1. chronicler

   Synonyms: croinicí, oiriseach

Declension

Declension of croiniceoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative croiniceoir croiniceoirí vocative a chroiniceoir a chroiniceoirí genitive croiniceora croiniceoirí dative croiniceoir croiniceoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an croiniceoir na croiniceoirí genitive an chroiniceora na gcroiniceoirí dative leis an gcroiniceoir don chroiniceoir leis na croiniceoirí

Related terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of croiniceoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croiniceoir	chroiniceoir	gcroiniceoir

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), “croiniceóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croiniceoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “croiniceoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024