crúca

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English croke or Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuːkə/

Noun

crúca m (genitive singular crúca, nominative plural crúcaí)

  1. hook, crook
  2. (music) hook
  3. clutch (a hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly), claw (usually figurative)
  4. (familiar) paw, hand

Declension
Declension of crúca

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crúca crúcaí
Vocative a chrúca a chrúcaí
Genitive crúca crúcaí
Dative crúca crúcaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an crúca na crúcaí
Genitive an chrúca na gcrúcaí
Dative leis an gcrúca

don chrúca

 leis na crúcaí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crúca chrúca gcrúca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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