crìoch
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See also: críoch
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish crích (“boundary, limit, end; aim, purpose; confines, territory, district, land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crìoch f (dative singular crìch, genitive singular crìche, plural crìochan)
- end
- thàinig e gu crìch ― it came to an end
- Proverb:
- conclusion
- boundary, limit
- border, frontier
- Crìochan na h-Alba ― Scottish Borders
- tropic (a parallel)
- Crìoch Thuath na Grèine ― Tropic of Cancer
- Crìoch Dheas na Grèine ― Tropic of Capricorn
- country, territory
- Na Garbh-Chrìochan ― The Rough Bounds
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap