créatúr

See also: creatur

Irish

Alternative forms

• créatúir

Etymology

From Middle Irish crétúir (compare Manx cretoor), from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲeːˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

créatúr m (genitive singular créatúir, nominative plural créatúir)

1. creature, created thing
   1. (in expressions of sympathy) poor creature, poor thing
   2. (contemptuously) (good for nothing) creature

Declension

Declension of créatúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative créatúr créatúir Vocative a chréatúir a chréatúra Genitive créatúir créatúr Dative créatúr créatúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an créatúr na créatúir Genitive an chréatúir na gcréatúr Dative leis an gcréatúr don chréatúr leis na créatúir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
créatúr	chréatúr	gcréatúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “créatúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “creature”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crétúir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language