Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish crithnaigid (to shake, tremble), from crith (shaking, trembling). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic criothnaich.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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creathnaigh (present analytic creathnaíonn, future analytic creathnóidh, verbal noun creathnú, past participle creathnaithe) (intransitive)

  1. to tremble, shake, quake
  2. to flinch, quail
  3. to be horrified
Conjugation
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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creathnaigh

  1. inflection of creathnach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Noun

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creathnaigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of creathnach

Mutation

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Mutated forms of creathnaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
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.