Craíoch

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cree + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Craíoch (genitive singular masculine Craíoch, genitive singular feminine Craíche, plural Craíocha, not comparable)

  1. Cree

Declension

Declension of Craíoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Craíoch Chraíoch Craíocha;
Chraíocha2
vocative Chraíoch Craíocha
genitive Craíche Craíocha Craíoch
dative Craíoch;
Chraíoch1 		Chraíoch Craíocha;
Chraíocha2
Comparative níos Craíche
Superlative is Craíche

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Craís (“the Cree language”)

Noun

Craíoch m (genitive singular Craígh, nominative plural Craígh)

  1. Cree person

Declension

Declension of Craíoch (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Craíoch Craígh
vocative a Chraígh a Chraíocha
genitive Craígh Craíoch
dative Craíoch Craígh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Craíoch na Craígh
genitive an Chraígh na gCraíoch
dative leis an gCraíoch
don Chraíoch 		leis na Craígh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Craíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
Craíoch Chraíoch gCraíoch

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

Further reading

  • “Craíoch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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