crábhadh

See also: cràbhadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crábud (“piety, devotion, religion”), from Proto-Celtic *krābitus (“devotion, religious practice”), of unknown origin (compare Welsh crefydd from the variant *krābiyos).

Noun

crábhadh m (genitive singular crábhaidh)

1. religious practice; piety, devotion

Declension

Declension of crábhadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative crábhadh Vocative a chrábhaidh Genitive crábhaidh Dative crábhadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an crábhadh Genitive an chrábhaidh Dative leis an gcrábhadh don chrábhadh

Synonyms

• cráifeacht (“devoutness; piety, devotion”)

Derived terms

• bréagchrábhadh (“sanctimony”)
• éagrábhadh (“impiety”)

Related terms

• bréagchráifeacht (“sanctimony”)
• cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crábhadh	chrábhadh	gcrábhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.