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croch

croch

Irish

Noun

croch f (genitive singular croiche, nominative plural crocha)

  1. cross, gallows
  2. hook, hanger
  3. crane
  4. (figuratively) tall, stooped figure

Declension

Verb

croch (present analytic crochann, future analytic crochfaidh, verbal noun crochadh, past participle crochta)

  1. hang
  2. raise up
  3. lift, carry
  4. (card games) throw down (one's hand)
  5. clear up, clear off

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
croch chroch gcroch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin crūx.

Noun

croch f

  1. cross
  2. gallows

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

References

  • croch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

croch (past chroch, future crochaidh, verbal noun crochadh, past participle crochte)

  1. hang, suspend
  2. depend

Usage notes