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craosach

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Irish

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Etymology

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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

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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

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Declension of craosach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative craosach chraosach craosacha;
chraosacha2
vocative chraosaigh craosacha
genitive craosaí craosacha craosach
dative craosach;
chraosach1
chraosach;
chraosaigh (archaic)
craosacha;
chraosacha2
Comparative níos craosaí
Superlative is craosaí

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

Noun

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craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)

  1. Alternative form of craosaire (glutton)

Declension

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Declension of craosach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative craosach craosaigh
vocative a chraosaigh a chraosacha
genitive craosaigh craosach
dative craosach craosaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an craosach na craosaigh
genitive an chraosaigh na gcraosach
dative leis an gcraosach
don chraosach
leis na craosaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of craosach
radical lenition eclipsis
craosach chraosach gcraosach

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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craosach

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

Derived terms

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Noun

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craosach m (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaich)

  1. bonfire

Noun

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craosach f (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaichean)

  1. wide-mouthed woman

Mutation

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Mutation of craosach
radical lenition
craosach chraosach

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

References

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  • 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