craos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan. Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠeːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/, (older) /kɾˠɯːsˠ/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

1. gullet; maw
2. deep opening, (geology) vent
3. breech (of gun)
4. gluttony, voracity

Declension

Declension of craos (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative craos craois vocative a chraois a chraosa genitive craois craos dative craos craois forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an craos na craois genitive an chraois na gcraos dative leis an gcraos don chraos leis na craois

Derived terms

• craos foirnéise (“throat of furnace”)
• craosach (“open-mouthed; voracious”)
• craosaire (“glutton”)
• craosán (“gullet; gorge; deep rut, gully”)
• craosbhloc (“breech-block”)
• craosdeamhan (“demon of gluttony”)
• craosfholc (“gargle”, transitive verb)
• craosghalar (“thrush”)
• craoslódáil (“breech-loading”)
• craoslongadh (“voracious eating, gluttony”)

 

Related terms

• craosaireacht (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
craos	chraos	gcraos

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) “craos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “craos”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “craos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”), possibly related to crosán (“jester, satirist, reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan. Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (“drunkenness”) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “hangover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

1. mouth (animal)
2. (derogatory) mouth (human); maw, gob
3. gluttony

Derived terms

• craosach

Mutation

Mutation of craos

radical	lenition
craos	chraos

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

Further reading

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