crág
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the variant cròg, itself related to crobh (“paw”).[1]
Noun
[edit]crág f (genitive singular cráige, nominative plural crága)
- large hand; claw, paw
- handful
- Synonyms: lán glaice, lán láimhe
- (mechanical engineering) clutch
- (biology) chela
- (rugby) maul
Declension
[edit]Declension of crág
Derived terms
[edit]- crág bhíomail (“brace-chuck”)
- crág chuimilte (“friction clutch”)
- crág dhiosca (“disk clutch”)
- crág- (“cheli-”)
- crágach (“having large hands; chelate; chelating”, adjective)
- crágachán, crágaire (“clawer, pawer; awkward walker”)
- crágaí (“person with large hands”)
- crágáil (“claw, paw; handle roughly or unskilfully; walk awkwardly; toil along”)
- crágán (“(little) claw; chuck”)
- crágchoimpléacs (“chelate complex”)
- crágdhruilire (“ratchet-drill”)
Verb
[edit]crág (present analytic crágann, future analytic crágfaidh, verbal noun crágadh, past participle crágtha)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of crág (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
crág | chrág | gcrág |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cròg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crág”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crág”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crág”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “crág”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024