criathar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish críathar, from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (whence also Welsh crwydr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-trom.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiəhəɾˠ/, /ˈcɾʲiːhəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲiːhəɾˠ/

Noun

criathar m (genitive singular criathair or créithir, nominative plural criathair or créithre)

1. sieve, riddle (sieve with coarse meshes), screen (material woven from fine wires)

   Synonyms: síothlán, rilleán

2. sifter (tool for sifting)

   Synonym: scagaire

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of criathar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative criathar criathair vocative a chriathair a chriathara genitive criathair criathar dative criathar criathair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an criathar na criathair genitive an chriathair na gcriathar dative leis an gcriathar don chriathar leis na criathair

Alternative declension:

Declension of criathar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative criathar créithre vocative a chréithir a chréithre genitive créithir créithre dative criathar créithre forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an criathar na créithre genitive an chréithir na gcréithre dative leis an gcriathar don chriathar leis na créithre

Derived terms

• criathar meala (“honeycomb”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of criathar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
criathar	chriathar	gcriathar

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

Further reading

• “criathar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “criaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN