craosach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”); synchronically, craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) + -ach.
Adjective
craosach (genitive singular masculine craosaigh, genitive singular feminine craosaí, plural craosacha, comparative craosaí)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | craosach | chraosach | craosacha; chraosacha² | |
Vocative | chraosaigh | craosacha | ||
Genitive | craosaí | craosacha | craosach | |
Dative | craosach; chraosach¹ |
chraosach; chraosaigh (archaic) |
craosacha; chraosacha² | |
Comparative | níos craosaí | |||
Superlative | is craosaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)
- Alternative form of craosaire (“glutton”)
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
craosach | chraosach | gcraosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "craosach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cráesach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”); synchronically, craos + -ach.
Synonyms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
craosach | chraosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “cráesach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.