craos

craos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan.[1] Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).[2]

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠeːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/, (older) /kɾˠɯːsˠ/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

1. gullet; maw
2. deep opening, (geology) vent
3. breech (of gun)
4. gluttony, voracity

Declension

Declension of craos

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative craos craois Vocative a chraois a chraosa Genitive craois craos Dative craos craois

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an craos na craois Genitive an chraois na gcraos Dative leis an gcraos don chraos leis na craois

Derived terms

• craosach (“open-mouthed; voracious”)
• craosaire (“glutton”)
• craosán (“gullet; gorge; deep rut, gully”)
• craosbhloc (“breech-block”)
• craosdeamhan (“demon of gluttony”)
• craosfholc (“gargle”, transitive verb)
• craos foirnéise (“throat of furnace”)
• craosghalar (“thrush”)
• craoslódáil (“breech-loading”)
• craoslongadh (“voracious eating, gluttony”)

 

Related terms

• craosaireacht (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
craos	chraos	gcraos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croesan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “craos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “craos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “craos” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “craos” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan.[1] Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

1. mouth (animal)
2. (derogatory) mouth (human)
3. gluttony

Derived terms

• craosach

Mutation

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

References

1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croesan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “craos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language