craos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan. Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠeːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/, (older) /kɾˠɯːsˠ/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

1. gullet; maw
2. deep opening, (geology) vent
3. breech (of gun)
4. gluttony, voracity

Declension

Declension of craos

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative craos craois Vocative a chraois a chraosa Genitive craois craos Dative craos craois

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an craos na craois Genitive an chraois na gcraos Dative leis an gcraos don chraos leis na craois

Derived terms

• craos foirnéise (“throat of furnace”)
• craosach (“open-mouthed; voracious”)
• craosaire (“glutton”)
• craosán (“gullet; gorge; deep rut, gully”)
• craosbhloc (“breech-block”)
• craosdeamhan (“demon of gluttony”)
• craosfholc (“gargle”, transitive verb)
• craosghalar (“thrush”)
• craoslódáil (“breech-loading”)
• craoslongadh (“voracious eating, gluttony”)

 

Related terms

• craosaireacht (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
craos	chraos	gcraos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “craos”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “craos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan. Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

1. mouth (animal)
2. (derogatory) mouth (human); maw, gob
3. gluttony

Derived terms

• craosach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language