crotal

== English == === Etymology 1 === Either from French crotale or directly from Latin crotalum. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper”). Doublet of crotalum. ==== Noun ==== crotal (plural crotals) A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece. A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell. === Etymology 2 === From Scottish Gaelic crotal. ==== Noun ==== crotal (plural crotals) Alternative form of crottle (“lichen used for dyeing”). === References === == Irish == === Alternative forms === crotall === Etymology === From Middle Irish crotball. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɔt̪ˠəlˠ/ === Noun === crotal m (genitive singular crotail, nominative plural crotail) husk, hull (outer covering of a fruit or seed) dyer's moss (Roccella tinctoria) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === “crotal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crottball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “crotal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 200 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “crotal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crotale. === Noun === crotal m (plural crotali) crotal bell crotale (snake) ==== Declension ==== == Scots == === Noun === crotal (plural crotals) alternative form of crottle (“lichen used for dyeing; dye from lichen”) == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === cnotal === Etymology === From Middle Irish crotball. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾɔʰt̪əl̪ˠ/ === Noun === crotal m (genitive singular crotail) lichen in general crottle (Parmelia, particularly Parmelia saxatilis and omphalodes); used for producing red and brown dye husk, rind === Mutation ===