crúca

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English croke or Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuːkə/

Noun

crúca m (genitive singular crúca, nominative plural crúcaí)

  1. hook, crook
  2. (music) hook
  3. clutch (a hand or claw, when it is grasping something firmly), claw (usually figurative)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crúca chrúca gcrúca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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