craosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”); synchronically, craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

craosach (genitive singular masculine craosaigh, genitive singular feminine craosaí, plural craosacha, comparative craosaí)

1. open-mouthed, deep-vented
2. voracious, gluttonous
3. roaring, raging

Declension

Declension of craosach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)

1. Alternative form of craosaire (“glutton”)

Declension

Declension of craosach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative craosach craosaigh Vocative a chraosaigh a chraosacha Genitive craosaigh craosach Dative craosach craosaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an craosach na craosaigh Genitive an chraosaigh na gcraosach Dative leis an gcraosach don chraosach leis na craosaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”); synchronically, craos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪əx/

Adjective

craosach

1. gluttonous, voracious

   Synonym: gionach

2. wide-mouthed
3. bibulous

Derived terms

• preachan-craosach, sgreuchan-craosach (“vulture”)

Noun 1

craosach m (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaich)

1. bonfire

Noun 2

craosach f (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaichean)

1. wide-mouthed woman

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
craosach	chraosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “craosach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language