cromán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crommán (“hook, reaping-hook, sickle”), from cromm.

Noun

cromán m (genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)

1. (anatomy) hip

   Synonym: corróg

2. (mechanics, engineering) crank
3. harrier (bird of prey)

Declension

Declension of cromán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cromán cromáin vocative a chromáin a chromána genitive cromáin cromán dative cromán cromáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cromán na cromáin genitive an chromáin na gcromán dative leis an gcromán don chromán leis na cromáin

Derived terms

• acastóir cromáin (“crank-axle”)
• alt an chromáin (“hip-joint”)
• bacán cromáin (“crank-arm”)
• cás cromáin (“crank-case”)
• cnámh an chromáin (“hip-bone”)
• cromán liath (“Montagu's harrier”)
• cromán móna (“marsh-harrier”)
• cromán na gcearc (“hen-harrier”)
• pionna cromáin (“crank-pin”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cromán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cromán	chromán	gcromán

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) “cromán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crommán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cromán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cromán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024