crua-ae

Irish

Alternative forms

cruadh-ae (obsolete)

Etymology

From crua (“hard”) +‎ ae (“liver”)

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠuəɡi/[1]

Noun

crua-ae m (genitive singular crua-ae, nominative plural crua-aenna)

liver

Declension

Declension of crua-ae

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crua-ae	crua-aenna
Vocative	a chrua-ae	a chrua-aenna
Genitive	crua-ae	crua-aenna
Dative	crua-ae	crua-aenna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an crua-ae	na crua-aenna
Genitive	an chrua-ae	na gcrua-aenna
Dative	leis an gcrua-ae don chrua-ae	leis na crua-aenna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crua-ae	chrua-ae	gcrua-ae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cruaḋ-ae”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crua-ae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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