craosach
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”). By surface analysis, craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
craosach (genitive singular masculine craosaigh, genitive singular feminine craosaí, plural craosacha, comparative craosaí)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | craosach | chraosach | craosacha; chraosacha² | |
Vocative | chraosaigh | craosacha | ||
Genitive | craosaí | craosacha | craosach | |
Dative | craosach; chraosach¹ |
chraosach; chraosaigh (archaic) |
craosacha; chraosacha² | |
Comparative | níos craosaí | |||
Superlative | is craosaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)
- Alternative form of craosaire (“glutton”)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
craosach | chraosach | gcraosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”). By surface analysis, craos + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
craosach
- gluttonous, voracious
- Synonym: gionach
- wide-mouthed
- bibulous
Derived terms[edit]
- preachan-craosach, sgreuchan-craosach (“vulture”)
Noun[edit]
craosach m (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaich)
Noun[edit]
craosach f (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaichean)
- wide-mouthed woman
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
craosach | chraosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “craosach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- gd:Female
- gd:People