crotach

See also: Crótach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈkɾˠɔt̪ˠəx]

Etymology 1

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Noun

crotach m (genitive singular crotaigh, nominative plural crotaigh)

1. a curlew

Declension

Declension of crotach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crotach crotaigh Vocative a chrotaigh a chrotacha Genitive crotaigh crotach Dative crotach crotaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crotach na crotaigh Genitive an chrotaigh na gcrotach Dative leis an gcrotach don chrotach leis na crotaigh

Derived terms

• crotach cloch (“stone-curlew, stone-plover”)
• crotach eanaigh, crotach samhraidh (“whimbrel”)

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

crotach (genitive singular masculine crotaigh, genitive singular feminine crotaí, plural crotacha, comparative crotaí)

1. Alternative form of cruthúil (“shapely, beautiful; of promising appearance; of good physique; likely, plausible”)

Declension

Declension of crotach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	crotach	chrotach	crotacha; chrotacha²
Vocative	chrotaigh		crotacha
Genitive		crotaí	crotacha	crotach
Dative	crotach; chrotach¹	chrotach; chrotaigh (archaic)	crotacha; chrotacha²
Comparative	níos crotaí
Superlative	is crotaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 3

Adjective

crotach (genitive singular masculine crotaigh, genitive singular feminine crotaí, plural crotacha, comparative crotaí)

1. Alternative form of cruiteach (“humped, hunchbacked”)

Declension

Declension of crotach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	crotach	chrotach	crotacha; chrotacha²
Vocative	chrotaigh		crotacha
Genitive		crotaí	crotacha	crotach
Dative	crotach; chrotach¹	chrotach; chrotaigh (archaic)	crotacha; chrotacha²
Comparative	níos crotaí
Superlative	is crotaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• crotachán m (“hunchback”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crotach	chrotach	gcrotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crotach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “crotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

crotach

1. humpbacked
2. gibbous (moon or planet)

Derived terms

• gealach chrotach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
crotach	chrotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.