craig
See also: Craig
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of crag.
Noun edit
craig (plural craigs)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg. Cognate with English crag.
Noun edit
craig (plural craigs)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).
Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Manx creg.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ
Noun edit
craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen)
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Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
craig | graig | nghraig | chraig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
- Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
- Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84