craorag

Irish

From Middle Irish cróderg, from Old Irish crú (“blood”) + derg (“red”);^[2] compare the modern equivalent compound cródhearg.

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠaiɾʲək/^[3]^[4]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠeːɾˠək/, (older) /ˈkɾˠɤːɾˠək/^[5]; /kɾˠeːɾˠk/ ~ /kɾˠɤːɾˠk/^[6]

craorag (genitive singular masculine craoraig, genitive singular feminine craoraige, plural craoraga, not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutated forms of *craorag*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
craorag	chraorag	gcraorag

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

^ “craorag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croderg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 339, page 109; reprinted 1988
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 827, page 470
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 72, page 31
^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 36, page 16