creoi
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish crúaid, from Old Irish crúaid. Cognate with Irish crua and Scottish Gaelic cruaidh.
Adjective
[edit]creoi
- hard, tough, hardy
- solid, stiff; hard-boiled
- difficult
- near (with money); neat; obdurate, adamant, heartless, steely, stubborn
- dry
- bitter (of frost)
- blistering (as language)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]creoi (verbal noun creoiaghey)
- (transitive, intransitive, metallurgy) to anneal
- Synonym: tempree
Alternative forms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| creoi | chreoi | greoi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||