craiceann

Irish

Alternative forms

• croiceann

Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɪcən̪ˠ/, /ˈkɾˠɞcən̪ˠ/, /ˈkɾˠɛcən̪ˠ/ (reflecting the spelling croiceann)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɛcən̪ˠ/ (reflecting the spelling croiceann); /ˈkɾˠæcən̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠæcən̪ˠ/

Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn, nominative plural craicne)

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person, animal, vegetable, or fruit); rind (of cheese, etc.)

   Synonym: cneas

2. surface
3. finish, polish

Declension

Declension of craiceann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative craiceann craicne Vocative a chraicinn a chraicne Genitive craicinn craicne Dative craiceann craicne

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an craiceann na craicne Genitive an chraicinn na gcraicne Dative leis an gcraiceann don chraiceann leis na craicne

Derived terms

• bualadh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
• craiceann béir (“bearskin”)
• craiceann bó (“cow-hide”)
• craiceann briosc (“crackling”)
• craiceann caocháin (“moleskin”)
• craiceann circe (“goose-flesh”)
• craiceann fia (“buckskin, deerskin”)
• craiceann fiaghabhair (“chamois-leather”)
• craiceann gé (“goose-flesh”)
• craiceann lao (“calfskin”)
• craiceann muice (“pigskin”)
• craiceann oinniúin (“onion skin”)
• craiceann pónaí (“pony-skin”)
• cruachraicneach (“hide-bound”, adjective)
• cruas craicinn (“callosity”)
• déanamh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
• fliuch go craiceann (“soaking wet”)
• salachar craicinn (“skin eruption”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
craiceann	chraiceann	gcraiceann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craiceann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “craiceann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “craiceann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.

Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn or craicne, plural craicnean)

1. skin
2. hide

   Synonym: seiche

Derived terms

• far-chraiceann
• fo-chraicneach
• pàipear-craicinn

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
craiceann	chraiceann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language