craig

See also: Craig

English

Etymology

Variant of crag.

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

1. (Scotland) A rocky crag.

Derived terms

• craig flounder

Anagrams

• Graci, Agric., argic, cigar, agric.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /kɾˠæɟ/ ~ /kɾˠeɟ/

Noun

craig f (genitive singular craige, nominative plural craigeacha)

1. alternative form of creag (“crag, rock”)

Declension

Declension of craig (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative craig craigeacha vocative a chraig a chraigeacha genitive craige craigeacha dative craig craigeacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chraig na craigeacha genitive na craige na gcraigeacha dative leis an gcraig don chraig leis na craigeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of craig

radical	lenition	eclipsis
craig	chraig	gcraig

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “craig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 256; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

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

   Synonyms: carreg, main

2. cliff
3. crag
4. reef

Derived terms

• golfan y graig (“rock sparrow”)
• creigafal (“cotoneaster”)
• creigardd (“rock garden”)
• creigiog, creiglyd (“rocky”)
• creigle, creigfa (“rocky place”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craig

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
craig	graig	nghraig	chraig

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

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