Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish crithnaigid (to shake, tremble), from crith (shaking, trembling). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic criothnaich.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

creathnaigh (present analytic creathnaíonn, future analytic creathnóidh, verbal noun creathnú, past participle creathnaithe) (intransitive)

  1. to tremble, shake, quake
  2. to flinch, quail
  3. to be horrified
Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

creathnaigh

  1. inflection of creathnach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Noun edit

creathnaigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of creathnach

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
creathnaigh chreathnaigh gcreathnaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.