Chrom sé a cheann le náir faoi - Chuir sé a cheann fe (féig) agus níor labhair sé. Ní dhéanfadh sé a cheann a chromadh do'n ____. Íslig do cheann 7 árdócaidh (a:rdo:g') Dia é.
Cromaim - I bend, I bow, I stoop. Chrom (xroum) sé síos. - he bent down. Chrom sé go talamh os a chomhair. - He bowed to the ground before him. Bhí sé cromtha le h-aois. - he was bowed by age.
Chrom sé síos. - He bent down. Thá sé ag cromadh. - He is getting stooped. Sean-duine cromthadh iseadh é anois. - He is a bent old man. Chrom sé ar obair an la - He began the day's work. - Cf. "He bent to his task."
Chrom sé i gcúl an chlaidhe, he stooped (in hiding) behind the wall. Chrom sé ar a chuid oibre, he settled down to his work. Ní chromfaidh sí air, she will not stoop so low as to marry him.