cruit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruitt, originally the dative of crott (“harp, lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾˠɪtʲ/

Noun

cruit f (genitive singular cruite, nominative plural cruiteanna)

1. (music) (small) harp
2. hunch, hump

Declension

Declension of cruit (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cruit cruiteanna vocative a chruit a chruiteanna genitive cruite cruiteanna dative cruit cruiteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chruit na cruiteanna genitive na cruite na gcruiteanna dative leis an gcruit don chruit leis na cruiteanna

Derived terms

• cruitchlár
• cruitíneach

Related terms

• cláirseach
• cruitire

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruit

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruit	chruit	gcruit

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) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cruit”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cruit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cruit f

1. Alternative form of croit (“croft”)

Mutation

Mutation of cruit

radical	lenition
cruit	chruit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.