creig
Irish
Alternative forms
- creag
Etymology
From Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɾʲɛɟ/
Noun
creig f (genitive singular creige, nominative plural creaga)
- crag, rock
Declension
Declension of creig
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- lon creige (“ring ouzel”)
- creig-ghairdín (“rockery”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
creig | chreig | gcreig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “creig” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “creag” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 192.
- "creig" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.