creag
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
creag f (genitive singular creige, nominative plural creaga)
- Alternative form of creig
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| creag | chreag | gcreag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac, from Proto-Celtic *karsekki, from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scrape roughly”), similar to English harsh.[1]
Alternatively, the Old Irish is from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
creag f (dative singular creag or creig, genitive singular creige, plural creagan)
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| creag | chreag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “carraig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading 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