crotal

See also: crotâl

Irish

Alternative forms

• crotall

Etymology

From Middle Irish crotball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɔt̪ˠəlˠ/

Noun

crotal m (genitive singular crotail, nominative plural crotail)

1. husk, hull (outer covering of a fruit or seed)
2. dyer's moss (Roccella tinctoria)

Declension

Declension of crotal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crotal crotail Vocative a chrotail a chrotala Genitive crotail crotal Dative crotal crotail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crotal na crotail Genitive an chrotail na gcrotal Dative leis an gcrotal don chrotal leis na crotail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crotal	chrotal	gcrotal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “crotal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crottball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “crotal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 200
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crotal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crotale.

Noun

crotal m (plural crotali)

1. crotal bell
2. crotale (snake)

Declension

Declension of crotal

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) crotal	crotalul	(niște) crotali	crotalii
genitive/dative	(unui) crotal	crotalului	(unor) crotali	crotalilor
vocative	crotalule		crotalilor