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craiceann

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish croiccenn.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn, nominative plural craicne)

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person, animal, vegetable, or fruit); rind (of cheese, etc.)
    Synonym: cneas
  2. surface
  3. finish, polish

Declension

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Declension of craiceann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative craiceann craicne
vocative a chraicinn a chraicne
genitive craicinn craicne
dative craiceann craicne
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an craiceann na craicne
genitive an chraicinn na gcraicne
dative leis an gcraiceann
don chraiceann
leis na craicne

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of craiceann
radical lenition eclipsis
craiceann chraiceann gcraiceann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish croiccenn.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn or craicne, plural craicnean)

  1. skin
  2. hide
    Synonym: seiche

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of craiceann
radical lenition
craiceann chraiceann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap