cruithneacht

Irish

cruithneacht

Etymology

From Old Irish cruithnecht, from a compound whose second element is Proto-Celtic *nixtos (“winnowed, wheat”) (compare Welsh gwe-nith (“wheat”) Breton gwinizh (“wheat”) from *uɸo-nixtos), from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”). Cognate with Manx curnaght and Scottish Gaelic cruithneachd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪ(h)nʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞hnʲa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

cruithneacht f (genitive singular cruithneachta)

1. wheat (grain)

Declension

Declension of cruithneacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cruithneacht Vocative a chruithneacht Genitive cruithneachta Dative cruithneacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chruithneacht Genitive na cruithneachta Dative leis an gcruithneacht don chruithneacht

Derived terms

• arán cruithneachta (“wheat bread”)
• cruithneacht earraigh (“spring wheat”)
• cruithneacht gheimhridh (“winter wheat”)
• fásann cogal roimh chruithneacht (“ill weeds grow apace”)
• lúb na cruithneacha (“double moss stitch”)
• plúr cruithneachta (“wheat flour”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruithneacht	chruithneacht	gcruithneacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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