Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb, perhaps originally splittable, in which case from the root of criathar (sieve).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)

  1. branch (of a tree, of an organization)
  2. win, victory, championship (in sport)

Declension

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  • Alternative genitive singular: craobha
  • Alternative nominative plural: craobha

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
craobh chraobh gcraobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Craobh.

Etymology

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From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish cráeb. Cognates include Irish craobh.

Perhaps originally from the root of criathar (to sieve).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾɯːv/
  • Hyphenation: craobh

Noun

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craobh f

  1. tree

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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craobh

  1. (intransitive) branch out, sprout, bud

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
craobh chraobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “craobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Colin Mark (2003) “craobh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 175