créachta

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

créachta f sg

1. genitive singular of créacht (“gash, wound”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

créachta f (genitive singular créachta)

1. (pathology) consumption, tuberculosis

Declension

Declension of créachta (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative créachta vocative a chréachta genitive créachta dative créachta forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chréachta genitive na créachta dative leis an gcréachta don chréachta

Synonyms

• an eitinn

Derived terms

• créachta chnámh (“bone tuberculosis”)
• créachta scamhóg (“pulmonary tuberculosis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of créachta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
créachta	chréachta	gcréachta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “créachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN