cruit

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruitt, originally the dative of crott (“harp, lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾˠɪtʲ/

Noun

cruit f (genitive singular cruite, nominative plural cruiteanna)

1. (music) (small) harp
2. hunch, hump

Declension

Declension of cruit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cruit cruiteanna Vocative a chruit a chruiteanna Genitive cruite cruiteanna Dative cruit cruiteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chruit na cruiteanna Genitive na cruite na gcruiteanna Dative leis an gcruit don chruit leis na cruiteanna

Derived terms

• cruitchlár
• cruitíneach

Related terms

• cláirseach
• cruitire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruit	chruit	gcruit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cruit”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crott”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cruit”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cruit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cruit f

1. croft
2. Alternative form of croit

Mutation

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