craosaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• craosach m
• craosachán m
• craosaí m
• craosánach m

Etymology

From craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)

1. glutton
2. porbeagle, mackerel shark

Declension

Declension of craosaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative craosaire craosairí Vocative a chraosaire a chraosairí Genitive craosaire craosairí Dative craosaire craosairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an craosaire na craosairí Genitive an chraosaire na gcraosairí Dative leis an gcraosaire don chraosaire leis na craosairí

Synonyms

• (glutton): béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, bleaistéir, calcaire, cíocrachán, fursaeir, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire

Derived terms

• craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
• craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
craosaire	chraosaire	gcraosaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craosaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN