críonna

See also: crìonna

Irish

Adjective

críonna

1. wise, prudent
2. shrewd, sagacious
3. thrifty
grown-up, mature
old

Derived terms

Terms derived from críonna

ainchríonna (“imprudent; rash”, adjective)
an buachaill críonna m (“the old fellow; the Devil”)

athair críonna m (“grandfather”)
críonnacht f (“wisdom, prudence; shrewdness, sagacity; thriftiness; maturity; old age”)

daid críonna m (“grand-dad”)
máthair chríonna f (“grandmother”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
críonna	chríonna	gcríonna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"críonna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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