crobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crob.

Noun

crobh m or f (genitive singular croibh or croibhe, nominative plural croibh or crobha)

  1. hand; clawed foot, paw; talons

Declension
Declension of crobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crobh croibh
Vocative a chroibh a chrobha
Genitive croibh crobh
Dative crobh croibh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an crobh na croibh
Genitive an chroibh na gcrobh
Dative leis an gcrobh

don chrobh

 leis na croibh
Alternative declension
Declension of crobh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crobh crobha
Vocative a chrobh a chrobha
Genitive croibhe crobh
Dative crobh crobha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chrobh na crobha
Genitive na croibhe na gcrobh
Dative leis an gcrobh

don chrobh

 leis na crobha

Derived terms
  • crobhán (“small hand, paw”)
  • crobhchrág (“dogclutch”)
  • crobh dearg, crobh geal, crobh gioblach, crobh gorm (“(kinds of) crane's-bill”)
  • crobh fola (“geranium”)
  • crobhlasc (“pear-switch”)
  • crobhneart (“strength of hand”)
  • crobhóg (“tiny hand”)
  • crobh préacháin (“crowfoot”)
  • crobhscaoilte (“open-handed”, adjective)
  • crobhspíce (“dog-spike”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crobh chrobh gcrobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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