crott
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /krot/
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| crott | chrott | crott pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- 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, Stirling, →ISBN, page 111
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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