creag

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲɨ̞ɡ/

Noun

creag f (genitive singular creige, nominative plural creaga)

1. Alternative form of creig

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creag	chreag	gcreag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac, from Proto-Celtic *karsekki, from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scrape roughly”), similar to English harsh.

Alternatively, the Old Irish is from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾek/

Noun

creag f (dative singular creag or creig, genitive singular creige, plural creagan)

1. rock, crag
2. cliff
3. precipice
4. quarry
5. hill

Synonyms

• carraig

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
creag	chreag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
• Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
• Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84