craosaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• craosach m
• craosachán m
• craosaí m
• craosánach m

Etymology

From craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)

1. glutton

   Synonyms: amplóir, sutha

2. porbeagle, mackerel shark

Declension

Declension of craosaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative craosaire craosairí vocative a chraosaire a chraosairí genitive craosaire craosairí dative craosaire craosairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an craosaire na craosairí genitive an chraosaire na gcraosairí dative leis an gcraosaire don chraosaire leis na craosairí

Derived terms

• craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
• craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craosaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
craosaire	chraosaire	gcraosaire

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) “craosaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN