crodh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crod (“cattle, herds, stock; goods, property, wealth”).

Noun

crodh m (genitive singular croidh, nominative plural croidh)

  1. literary cattle, wealth (in cattle)
  2. dowry

Declension

  • Alternative plural: crodhanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crodh chrodh gcrodh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "crodh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “dowry” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “portion” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “1 crod” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish crod (“cattle, herds, stock; goods, property, wealth”).

Noun

crodh m (genitive singular cruidh, no plural)

  1. cattle

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
crodhchrodh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 crod” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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