creathnach
English
editEtymology
editFrom Irish creathnach.
Noun
editcreathnach (uncountable)
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish crithnaigthech, from Old Irish crithnaigid (“shake, tremble”), from crith (“shaking, trembling”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲahnˠia(x)/, /ˈcɾʲahn̪ˠia(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form creathnaitheach)
Adjective
editcreathnach (genitive singular masculine creathnaigh, genitive singular feminine creathnaí, plural creathnacha, comparative creathnaí)
Declension
editDeclension of creathnach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | creathnach | chreathnach | creathnacha; chreathnacha² | |
Vocative | chreathnaigh | creathnacha | ||
Genitive | creathnaí | creathnacha | creathnach | |
Dative | creathnach; chreathnach¹ |
chreathnach; chreathnaigh (archaic) |
creathnacha; chreathnacha² | |
Comparative | níos creathnaí | |||
Superlative | is creathnaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editcreathnach f (genitive singular creathnaí)
- (tiny-shelled) dulse
Declension
editDeclension of creathnach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
creathnach | chreathnach | gcreathnach |
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 89
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creathnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “creathnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “creathnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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