crá croí

Irish

Alternative forms

crádh croidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

Literally, “anguish of a heart”.

Noun

crá croí m (genitive singular crá chroí)

heartbreak, heartache
Synonyms: briseadh croí, croíbhriseadh
nuisance (minor annoyance or inconvenience; person or thing causing annoyance of inconvenience)
pain, torment (suffering or anguish, especially mental)
nuisance, pain, pest, vexation (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience)
Synonym: pian sa tóin

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“crá”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cráḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “crá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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