créatúr
See also: creatur
Irish
Alternative forms
- créatúir
Etymology
From Middle Irish crétúir (compare Manx cretoor), from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /cɾʲeːˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuɾˠ/
Noun
créatúr m (genitive singular créatúir, nominative plural créatúir)
- creature, created thing
- (in expressions of sympathy) poor creature, poor thing
- (contemptuously) (good for nothing) creature
Declension
Declension of créatúr
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
créatúr | chréatúr | gcréatúr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
External links
- "créatúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “creature” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “crétúir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.