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cromán

cromán

Irish

Noun

cromán m ‎(genitive singular cromáin, nominative plural cromáin)

(anatomy) hip
(mechanics, engineering) crank
harrier (bird of prey)

Declension

Declension of cromán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cromán	cromáin
Vocative	a chromáin	a chromána
Genitive	cromáin	cromán
Dative	cromán	cromáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cromán	na cromáin
Genitive	an chromáin	na gcromán
Dative	leis an gcromán don chromán	leis na cromáin

Synonyms

(hip): corróg f

Derived terms

Terms derived from cromán

acastóir cromáin ‎(“crank-axle”)
alt an chromáin ‎(“hip-joint”)
bacán cromáin ‎(“crank-arm”)

cás cromáin ‎(“crank-case”)
cnámh an chromáin ‎(“hip-bone”)
cromán liath ‎(“Montagu's harrier”)

cromán móna ‎(“marsh-harrier”)
cromán na gcearc ‎(“hen-harrier”)
pionna cromáin ‎(“crank-pin”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cromán	chromán	gcromán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cromán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“crommán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.