cruan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (red enamel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuənˠ/

Noun

cruan m (genitive singular cruain)

  1. enamel

Declension

Derived terms

  • cruanadóireacht f (enamel-work)
  • cruanearra m ((article of) enamelware)

Verb

cruan (present analytic cruanann, future analytic cruanfaidh, verbal noun cruanadh, past participle cruanta)

  1. (transitive) enamel

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • cruanaí m (enameller)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruan chruan gcruan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (red enamel).

Adjective

cruan

  1. blood-red

Noun

cruan m

  1. enamel

Synonyms

  • geiltrigeadh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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