croinic

Irish

Alternative forms

  • croinicil

Etymology

From Old Irish croinic (“chronicle; history”), from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”)

Noun

croinic f (genitive singular croinice, nominative plural croinicí)

  1. chronicle
    Synonyms: cuntas, leabhar oiris

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
croinic chroinic gcroinic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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