criathar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish críathar, from Proto-Celtic *krētros (whence also Welsh crwydr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-trom.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiəhəɾˠ/, /ˈcɾʲiːhəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiːhəɾˠ/

Noun

criathar m (genitive singular criathair or créithir, nominative plural criathair or créithre)

1. sieve, riddle (sieve with coarse meshes), screen (material woven from fine wires)

   Synonyms: síothlán, rilleán

2. sifter (tool for sifting)

   Synonym: scagaire

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of criathar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative criathar criathair Vocative a chriathair a chriathara Genitive criathair criathar Dative criathar criathair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an criathar na criathair Genitive an chriathair na gcriathar Dative leis an gcriathar don chriathar leis na criathair

Alternative declension:

Declension of criathar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative criathar créithre Vocative a chréithir a chréithre Genitive créithir créithre Dative criathar créithre

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an criathar na créithre Genitive an chréithir na gcréithre Dative leis an gcriathar don chriathar leis na créithre

Derived terms

• criathar meala (“honeycomb”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
criathar	chriathar	gcriathar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “criathar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “criaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN