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crua

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crua

  1. feminine singular of cru

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish crúaid (hard, stern),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kroudis, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crua (comparative crua or cruacha)

  1. hard, firm
  2. difficult
  3. severe
Declension
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Declension of crua
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative crua chrua crua;
chrua2
vocative chrua crua
genitive crua crua crua
dative crua;
chrua1
chrua crua;
chrua2
Comparative níos crua
Superlative is crua

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Alternative comparative form: cruacha (Cois Fharraige)
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish crúaide, from Old Irish crúaid (hard) + -e (noun-forming suffix)

Alternative forms

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Noun

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crua f (genitive singular crua)

  1. hardness
Declension
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Declension of crua (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative crua
vocative a chrua
genitive crua
dative crua
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chrua
genitive na crua
dative leis an gcrua
don chrua

Noun

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crua m (genitive singular cruaite)

  1. Alternative form of cruachan (hardening)
Declension
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Declension of crua (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative crua
vocative a chrua
genitive cruaite
dative crua
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an crua
genitive an chruaite
dative leis an gcrua
don chrua

Mutation

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Mutated forms of crua
radical lenition eclipsis
crua chrua gcrua

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

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin crūdam.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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crua

  1. feminine singular of cruu

Descendants

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  • Galician: crúa
  • Portuguese: crua

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: cru‧a

Adjective

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crua

  1. feminine singular of cru

Venetan

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Adjective

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crua f sg

  1. feminine singular of cruo