créachta
Irish
Noun
créachta f sg
- genitive singular of créacht (“gash, wound”)
Etymology 2
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Noun
créachta f (genitive singular créachta)
- (pathology) consumption, tuberculosis
Declension
Declension of créachta
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- an eitinn
Derived terms
- créachta chnámh (“bone tuberculosis”)
- créachta scamhóg (“pulmonary tuberculosis”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
créachta | chréachta | gcréachta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “créachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN