creach
See also: Creach
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Scottish Gaelic creach.
Noun
editcreach (plural creachs)
Verb
editcreach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)
- (transitive) to raid, plunder
Anagrams
editIrish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Scottish Gaelic creach.
Noun
editcreach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)
Declension
editDeclension of creach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
creach | chreach | gcreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Irish creach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcreach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)
Derived terms
editVerb
editcreach (past chreach, future creachaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachte)
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