cruan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (“red enamel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠuənˠ/

Noun

cruan m (genitive singular cruain)

1. enamel

Declension

Declension of cruan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cruan vocative a chruain genitive cruain dative cruan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cruan genitive an chruain dative leis an gcruan don chruan

Derived terms

• cruanadóireacht f (“enamel-work”)
• cruanearra m (“(article of) enamelware”)

Verb

cruan (present analytic cruanann, future analytic cruanfaidh, verbal noun cruanadh, past participle cruanta)

1. (transitive) enamel

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cruanaim	cruanann tú; cruanair†	cruanann sé, sí	cruanaimid	cruanann sibh	cruanann siad; cruanaid†	a chruanann; a chruanas / a gcruanann*	cruantar
	past	chruan mé; chruanas	chruan tú; chruanais	chruan sé, sí	chruanamar; chruan muid	chruan sibh; chruanabhair	chruan siad; chruanadar	a chruan / ar chruan*	cruanadh
	past habitual	chruanainn / gcruanainn‡‡	chruantá / gcruantᇇ	chruanadh sé, sí / gcruanadh sé, s퇇	chruanaimis; chruanadh muid / gcruanaimis‡‡; gcruanadh muid‡‡	chruanadh sibh / gcruanadh sibh‡‡	chruanaidís; chruanadh siad / gcruanaidís‡‡; gcruanadh siad‡‡	a chruanadh / a gcruanadh*	chruantaí / gcruanta퇇
future		cruanfaidh mé; cruanfad	cruanfaidh tú; cruanfair†	cruanfaidh sé, sí	cruanfaimid; cruanfaidh muid	cruanfaidh sibh	cruanfaidh siad; cruanfaid†	a chruanfaidh; a chruanfas / a gcruanfaidh*	cruanfar
conditional		chruanfainn / gcruanfainn‡‡	chruanfá / gcruanfᇇ	chruanfadh sé, sí / gcruanfadh sé, s퇇	chruanfaimis; chruanfadh muid / gcruanfaimis‡‡; gcruanfadh muid‡‡	chruanfadh sibh / gcruanfadh sibh‡‡	chruanfaidís; chruanfadh siad / gcruanfaidís‡‡; gcruanfadh siad‡‡	a chruanfadh / a gcruanfadh*	chruanfaí / gcruanfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcruana mé; go gcruanad†	go gcruana tú; go gcruanair†	go gcruana sé, sí	go gcruanaimid; go gcruana muid	go gcruana sibh	go gcruana siad; go gcruanaid†	—	go gcruantar
	past	dá gcruanainn	dá gcruantá	dá gcruanadh sé, sí	dá gcruanaimis; dá gcruanadh muid	dá gcruanadh sibh	dá gcruanaidís; dá gcruanadh siad	—	dá gcruantaí
imperative		cruanaim	cruan	cruanadh sé, sí	cruanaimis	cruanaigí; cruanaidh†	cruanaidís	—	cruantar
verbal noun		cruanadh
past participle		cruanta

conjugation of cruan (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• cruanaí m (“enameller”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruan	chruan	gcruan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish crúan (“red enamel”).

Adjective

cruan

1. blood-red

Noun

cruan m

1. enamel

Synonyms

• geiltrigeadh

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language