Irish

Alternative forms

• crainnte (dialectal nominative/dative plural)
• croinn (obsolete)
• croinnte (Cois Fharraige nominative/dative plural)

Noun

crainn m

1. genitive singular of crann
2. nominative plural of crann
3. dative plural of crann

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

crainn f

1. the queen of the hive^[1][2]
2. ugly old woman^[1][2]
3. See cràin (female of any animal)^[1][2]

See also

• beach^[1][2]
• beach-eòlais^[1][2]
• cràin^[1][2]
• cràin-sheillean^[1][2]
• màthair-ghuir^[1][2]
• seillean^[1][2]

Etymology 2

Inflected form of crann.

Noun

crainn m

1. genitive singular of crann
2. plural of crann

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 bee in Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9; accessed on 9 May 2015.
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bauer, Mìchael. bee in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 9 May 2015.