"crú" meaning in Irish

See crú in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɾˠuː/ [Connacht, Munster], /kɾˠʊh/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form cruth)
Etymology: From Middle Irish crua, from Old Irish cróa. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|crua}} Middle Irish crua, {{der|ga|sga|cróa}} Old Irish cróa Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|crú|||||||nominative plural|crúite|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} crú m (genitive singular crú, nominative plural crúite), {{ga-noun|m|crú|crúite}} crú m (genitive singular crú, nominative plural crúite) Forms: crú [genitive, singular], crúite [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an crú [definite, nominative, singular], na crúite [definite, nominative, plural], an chrú [definite, genitive, singular], na gcrúite [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcrú [dative, definite, singular], don chrú [dative, definite, singular], leis na crúite [dative, definite, plural], crudh [alternative, obsolete], cruth [alternative, Ulster]
  1. horseshoe, shoe Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-crú-ga-noun-joHW2iHp Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Horse tack Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Horse tack: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /kɾˠuː/ Forms: crú [genitive, singular, substantive], as verbal noun crúite [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], crú [error-unrecognized-form], chrú [lenition], gcrú [eclipsis], crúdhadh [alternative, obsolete]
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular as substantive|crú|||||genitive as verbal noun|crúite||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} crú m (genitive singular as substantive crú, genitive as verbal noun crúite), {{ga-noun|m|~|-|vngen=crúite}} crú m (genitive singular as substantive crú, genitive as verbal noun crúite) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. verbal noun of crúigh (“to milk”) Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: crúigh (extra: to milk)
    Sense id: en-crú-ga-noun-lkDK4Vwz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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Download raw JSONL data for crú meaning in Irish (4.3kB)

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