críonnacht
Irish
Alternative forms
- críonnachd (obsolete)
Noun
críonnacht f (genitive singular críonnachta)
- prudence
- wisdom
- Synonym: eagna
- sagacity, sagaciousness
- Synonyms: tuiscint, gaois
- discretion (ability to make wise choices or decisions)
- Synonyms: discréid, breithiúnas
- shrewdness
- thrift, thriftiness
Declension
Declension of críonnacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- seanchríonnacht (“precociousness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| críonnacht | chríonnacht | gcríonnacht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “críonnacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crínnacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “críonnaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 195
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “críonnacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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