creathán

Irish

Etymology 1

From creath (“to tremble”) +‎ -án.

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

1. tremble, quiver, tremor
2. tremolo
3. (in the plural, informal) yips

Derived terms

• creathán bainne (“milkshake”)
• creathán talún (“earth(quake) tremor”)

Related terms

• creath (“tremble”)
• crith (“trembling”)

Etymology 2

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

1. Alternative form of creachán

Etymology 3

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

1. Alternative form of crothán

Declension

Declension of creathán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative creathán creatháin Vocative a chreatháin a chreathána Genitive creatháin creathán Dative creathán creatháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an creathán na creatháin Genitive an chreatháin na gcreathán Dative leis an gcreathán don chreathán leis na creatháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creathán	chreathán	gcreathán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creathán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “creathán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “creathán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024