crích

See also: crich, Crich, and crìch

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɾʲiːç/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cɾʲiː/

Noun

crích f

1. dative singular of críoch

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crích	chrích	gcrích
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crích, from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, boundary”).

Pronunciation

Nominative singular and genitive plural:

• IPA^(key): /kʲrʲiːx/

Accusative and dative singular:

• IPA^(key): /kʲrʲiːxʲ/

Noun

crích f

1. boundary, border
2. territory, area
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     i. bruden Daderga i crich Cualand, ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich, ocus bruden Mic Dareo i mBrefni, ocus bruden Dachoca i n‑iarthor Mide ocus bruden Blai briuga i nUltaib.

     i.e. the hall of Daderga in the area of Cualu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Brefne, and the hall of Dachoca in the west of Meath, and the hall of Blai the landowner in Ulster.

Derived terms

• éccríchdae

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
crích	chrích	crích pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crích”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language