créachta

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

créachta f sg

1. genitive singular of créacht (“gash, wound”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

créachta f (genitive singular créachta)

1. (pathology) consumption, tuberculosis

Declension

Declension of créachta

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative créachta Vocative a chréachta Genitive créachta Dative créachta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chréachta Genitive na créachta Dative leis an gcréachta don chréachta

Synonyms

• an eitinn

Derived terms

• créachta chnámh (“bone tuberculosis”)
• créachta scamhóg (“pulmonary tuberculosis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
créachta	chréachta	gcréachta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “créachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN