croch

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish croch, from Latin crūx (“cross”).

Noun

croch f (genitive singular croiche, nominative plural crocha)

  1. cross, gallows
  2. hook, hanger
  3. crane
  4. (figuratively) tall, stooped figure
Declension
Declension of croch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative croch crocha
Vocative a chroch a chrocha
Genitive croiche croch
Dative croch
croich (archaic, dialectal)		 crocha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chroch na crocha
Genitive na croiche na gcroch
Dative leis an gcroch
leis an gcroich (archaic, dialectal)

don chroch
don chroich (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na crocha

Etymology 2

From Old Irish crochaid, from the noun croch (“cross”).

Verb

croch (present analytic crochann, future analytic crochfaidh, verbal noun crochadh, past participle crochta)

  1. hang
  2. raise up
  3. lift, carry
  4. (card games) throw down (one's hand)
  5. clear up, clear off

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present crochaim crochann tú;
crochair†		 crochann sé, sí crochaimid crochann sibh crochann siad;
crochaid†		 a chrochann; a chrochas /
a gcrochann*; a gcrochas*		 crochtar
past chroch mé; chrochas chroch tú; chrochais chroch sé, sí chrochamar; chroch muid chroch sibh; chrochabhair chroch siad; chrochadar a chroch /
ar chroch*		 crochadh
past habitual chrochainn chrochtá chrochadh sé, sí chrochaimis; chrochadh muid chrochadh sibh chrochaidís; chrochadh siad a chrochadh /
ar chrochadh*		 chrochtaí
future crochfaidh mé;
crochfad		 crochfaidh tú;
crochfair†		 crochfaidh sé, sí crochfaimid;
crochfaidh muid		 crochfaidh sibh crochfaidh siad;
crochfaid†		 a chrochfaidh; a chrochfas /
a gcrochfaidh*; a gcrochfas*		 crochfar
conditional chrochfainn / gcrochfainn‡‡ chrochfá / gcrochfᇇ chrochfadh sé, sí / gcrochfadh sé, s퇇 chrochfaimis; chrochfadh muid / gcrochfaimis‡‡; gcrochfadh muid‡‡ chrochfadh sibh / gcrochfadh sibh‡‡ chrochfaidís; chrochfadh siad / gcrochfaidís‡‡; gcrochfadh siad‡‡ a chrochfadh /
ar chrochfadh*		 chrochfaí / gcrochfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcrocha mé;
go gcrochad†		 go gcrocha tú;
go gcrochair†		 go gcrocha sé, sí go gcrochaimid;
go gcrocha muid		 go gcrocha sibh go gcrocha siad;
go gcrochaid†		 — go gcrochtar
past dá gcrochainn dá gcrochtá dá gcrochadh sé, sí dá gcrochaimis;
dá gcrochadh muid		 dá gcrochadh sibh dá gcrochaidís;
dá gcrochadh siad		 — dá gcrochtaí
imperative crochaim croch crochadh sé, sí crochaimis crochaigí;
crochaidh†		 crochaidís — crochtar
verbal noun crochadh
past participle crochta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crūx.

Noun

croch f

  1. cross
  2. gallows

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish crochaid, from the noun croch (“cross”).

Verb

croch (past chroch, future crochaidh, verbal noun crochadh, past participle crochte)

  1. hang, suspend
  2. depend

Usage notes
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