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)

1. creature, created thing
   1. (in expressions of sympathy) poor creature, poor thing
   2. (contemptuously) (good for nothing) creature

Declension

Declension of créatúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative créatúr créatúir vocative a chréatúir a chréatúra genitive créatúir créatúr dative créatúr créatúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an créatúr na créatúir genitive an chréatúir na gcréatúr dative leis an gcréatúr don chréatúr leis na créatúir

Mutation

Mutated forms of créatúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
créatúr	chréatúr	gcréatúr

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) “créatúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “creature”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crétúir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language