crott
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“string instrument, womb, round object”), whence Welsh crwth (“fiddle, hump”), Breton kourzh (“vagina”), and Cornish crothak (“abdomen, uterus”). Further origin unclear, perhaps related to Latvian krūtis (“breast, bust”),[1][2] or to Proto-Celtic *krundis (“round”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crott f
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | crottL | croittL | crottaH |
| vocative | crottL | croittL | crottaH |
| accusative | croittN | croittL | crottaH |
| genitive | croitteH | crottL | crottN |
| dative | croittL | crottaib | crottaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| crott | chrott | crott pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 624
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “krutto”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cruit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 111
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language