creach

See also: Creach

English

Alternative forms

• creagh

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

creach (plural creachs)

1. (regional, Ireland, Scotland) an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
2. booty, prey

Verb

creach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)

1. (transitive) to raid, plunder

Anagrams

• cacher

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)

1. raid, incursion, plunder

Declension

Declension of creach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative creach creacha Vocative a creach a creacha Genitive creiche creach Dative creach creacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an creach na creacha Genitive na creiche na creach Dative leis an creach don creach leis na creacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creach	chreach	gcreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• creagh

Etymology

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Irish creach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲʰɾʲɛx/

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)

1. booty, plunder, prey, quarry
2. destruction, disaster, ruin, devastation

Derived terms

• eun-creiche
• mo chreach

 

Verb

creach (past chreach, future creachaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachte)

1. rob, plunder
2. ruin