craosach

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Irish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Irish cráesach (gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton), from cráes (maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating). By surface analysis, craos (gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

[edit]

craosach (genitive singular masculine craosaigh, genitive singular feminine craosaí, plural craosacha, comparative craosaí)

  1. open-mouthed, deep-vented
  2. voracious, gluttonous
  3. roaring, raging

Declension

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)

  1. Alternative form of craosaire (glutton)

Declension

[edit]

Mutation

[edit]
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
craosach chraosach gcraosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

[edit]

Scottish Gaelic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Irish cráesach (gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton), from cráes (maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating). By surface analysis, craos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

craosach

  1. gluttonous, voracious
    Synonym: gionach
  2. wide-mouthed
  3. bibulous

Derived terms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

craosach m (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaich)

  1. bonfire

Noun

[edit]

craosach f (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaichean)

  1. wide-mouthed woman

Mutation

[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
craosach chraosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

[edit]
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “craosach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language