creathnaigh
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish crithnaigid (“to shake, tremble”), from crith (“shaking, trembling”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic criothnaich.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editcreathnaigh (present analytic creathnaíonn, future analytic creathnóidh, verbal noun creathnú, past participle creathnaithe) (intransitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of creathnaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading
edit- “creathnaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crithnaigid, crithaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaṫnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 193
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “crioṫnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 196
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creathnaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editcreathnaigh
- inflection of creathnach:
Noun
editcreathnaigh
- (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of creathnach
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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creathnaigh | chreathnaigh | gcreathnaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.