crup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹʌp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʌp

Etymology 1

Noun

crup (plural crups)

1. Alternative form of croup (the rump of a horse)
   • 1904, The Leather Manufacturer - Volumes 15-16, page 105:

     The part immediately above the tail (i.e., the haunches) is the crup, and about 4 to 5 inches above the crup the butt is separated from the hide.

Etymology 2

Compare Old High German grop, German grob (“coarse”).

Adjective

crup (comparative more crup, superlative most crup)

1. Short; brittle (both literally and figuratively).

   You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.

   • 1664, Thomas St Nicholas, Upon Mr. Benchkin, The Curate of Ash, His Presentment of Me to the Consistory Court at Canterbury For Helping to Lay my Poor Old Nurse, the Widow Solly, In her Grave As Soon as she was Brouth Thither and The Coverings, Without Noise or Disturbance, Taken Off:

     Why now so angry, trow ye? What's the matter, That our Sir James is grown so crup and tatter?

   • 1669, John Baptista Porta, Natural Magick, page 322:

     […] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.

   • 1790, Francis Grose, Letters:

     He was tedious crup with me.

Anagrams

• cupr-

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠʌpˠ/

Verb

crup (present analytic crupann, future analytic crupfaidh, verbal noun crupadh, past participle cruptha)

1. Alternative form of crap (“to shrink, contract”)

Conjugation

conjugation of crup (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	crupaim	crupann tú; crupair†	crupann sé, sí	crupaimid	crupann sibh	crupann siad; crupaid†	a chrupann; a chrupas / a gcrupann*; a gcrupas*	cruptar
	past	chrup mé; chrupas	chrup tú; chrupais	chrup sé, sí	chrupamar; chrup muid	chrup sibh; chrupabhair	chrup siad; chrupadar	a chrup / ar chrup*	crupadh
	past habitual	chrupainn / gcrupainn‡‡	chruptá / gcruptᇇ	chrupadh sé, sí / gcrupadh sé, s퇇	chrupaimis; chrupadh muid / gcrupaimis‡‡; gcrupadh muid‡‡	chrupadh sibh / gcrupadh sibh‡‡	chrupaidís; chrupadh siad / gcrupaidís‡‡; gcrupadh siad‡‡	a chrupadh / a gcrupadh*	chruptaí / gcrupta퇇
future		crupfaidh mé; crupfad	crupfaidh tú; crupfair†	crupfaidh sé, sí	crupfaimid; crupfaidh muid	crupfaidh sibh	crupfaidh siad; crupfaid†	a chrupfaidh; a chrupfas / a gcrupfaidh*; a gcrupfas*	crupfar
conditional		chrupfainn / gcrupfainn‡‡	chrupfá / gcrupfᇇ	chrupfadh sé, sí / gcrupfadh sé, s퇇	chrupfaimis; chrupfadh muid / gcrupfaimis‡‡; gcrupfadh muid‡‡	chrupfadh sibh / gcrupfadh sibh‡‡	chrupfaidís; chrupfadh siad / gcrupfaidís‡‡; gcrupfadh siad‡‡	a chrupfadh / a gcrupfadh*	chrupfaí / gcrupfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcrupa mé; go gcrupad†	go gcrupa tú; go gcrupair†	go gcrupa sé, sí	go gcrupaimid; go gcrupa muid	go gcrupa sibh	go gcrupa siad; go gcrupaid†	—	go gcruptar
	past	dá gcrupainn	dá gcruptá	dá gcrupadh sé, sí	dá gcrupaimis; dá gcrupadh muid	dá gcrupadh sibh	dá gcrupaidís; dá gcrupadh siad	—	dá gcruptaí
imperative		crupaim	crup	crupadh sé, sí	crupaimis	crupaigí; crupaidh†	crupaidís	—	cruptar
verbal noun		crupadh
past participle		cruptha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crup	chrup	gcrup
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Hyphenation: crùp

Noun

crup m (invariable)

1. (medicine) croup

Derived terms

• crupale

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French croup.

Noun

crup n (uncountable)

1. croup

Declension

declension of crup (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) crup	crupul
genitive/dative	(unui) crup	crupului
vocative	crupule