craos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

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, deep-vented; voracious, gluttonous; roaring, raging”)
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.

Further reading

"craos" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cráes”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”).

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

mouth (animal)
(derogatory) mouth (human)
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.

Further reading

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cráes”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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