craig

See also: Craig

English

Etymology

Variant of crag.

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

1. (Scotland) A rocky crag.

Derived terms

• craig flounder

Anagrams

• Agric., agric., argic, cigar

Scots

Etymology

Of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg. Cognate with English crag.

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

1. rock
2. cliff
3. crag

Welsh

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Manx creg.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ

Noun

craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen)

1. rock
2. cliff
3. crag
4. reef

Derived terms

• creigafal m (“cotoneaster”)
• creigfa f (“rocky place”)
• creigiog (“craggy”, adjective)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
craig	graig	nghraig	chraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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