cromán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crommán (“hook, reaping-hook, sickle”), from cromm.

Noun

cromán m (genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)

(anatomy) hip
Synonym: corróg
(mechanics, engineering) crank
harrier (bird of prey)

Declension

Declension of cromán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cromán	cromáin
Vocative	a chromáin	a chromána
Genitive	cromáin	cromán
Dative	cromán	cromáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cromán	na cromáin
Genitive	an chromáin	na gcromán
Dative	leis an gcromán don chromán	leis na cromáin

Derived terms

acastóir cromáin (“crank-axle”)
alt an chromáin (“hip-joint”)
bacán cromáin (“crank-arm”)
cás cromáin (“crank-case”)
cnámh an chromáin (“hip-bone”)
cromán liath (“Montagu's harrier”)
cromán móna (“marsh-harrier”)
cromán na gcearc (“hen-harrier”)
pionna cromáin (“crank-pin”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cromán	chromán	gcromán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cromán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crommán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “cromán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cromán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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