cruinneas

Irish

Etymology

From cruinn +‎ -as.

Noun

cruinneas m (genitive singular cruinnis)

1. accuracy, precision, exactness, exactitude

   Synonym: beachtaíocht

2. correctness, truthfulness
3. rigour, thoroughness
4. roundness

   Synonym: cruinne

5. coherence
6. frugality

Declension

Declension of cruinneas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cruinneas vocative a chruinnis genitive cruinnis dative cruinneas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cruinneas genitive an chruinnis dative leis an gcruinneas don chruinneas

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruinneas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruinneas	chruinneas	gcruinneas

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), “cruinnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruinneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruinneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN