crogall

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcarduill, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔɡəl̪ˠ/

Noun

crogall m (genitive singular crogaill, nominative plural crogaill)

  1. crocodile

Declension

Declension of crogall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative crogall crogaill
vocative a chrogaill a chrogalla
genitive crogaill crogall
dative crogall crogaill
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an crogall na crogaill
genitive an chrogaill na gcrogall
dative leis an gcrogall
don chrogall 		leis na crogaill

Derived terms

  • fáiscín crogaill m (“alligator clip”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crogall
radical lenition eclipsis
crogall chrogall gcrogall

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish corcarduill, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾˠokəl̪ˠ/

Noun

crogall m (genitive singular crogaill, plural crogallan)

  1. crocodile
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