creachadóir

Irish

Alternative forms

• creachaire, creachtóir

Etymology

From creach (“to plunder, raid”) +‎ -adóir.

Noun

creachadóir m (genitive singular creachadóra, nominative plural creachadóirí)

1. plunderer, marauder, spoiler, looter
2. destroyer (one that destroys)

Declension

Declension of creachadóir (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative creachadóir creachadóra vocative a chreachadóir a chreachadóra genitive creachadóir creachadóra dative creachadóir creachadóra forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an creachadóir na creachadóra genitive an chreachadóir na gcreachadóra dative leis an gcreachadóir don chreachadóir leis na creachadóra

Synonyms

• (plunderer): sladaí, foghlaí
• (destroyer): scriostóir

Mutation

Mutated forms of creachadóir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
creachadóir	chreachadóir	gcreachadóir

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crechatóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crechthóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaċadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creachadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN