cráin

See also: Crain and cràin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾˠɑːnʲ/[2][3], /kɾˠaːnʲ/[4]

Noun

cráin f (genitive singular cránach, nominative plural cránacha)

  1. sow (female pig) (who has already farrowed)
  2. the female of various other animals, including: crab, goose, duck, bee, seal, swan
  3. (derogatory) sow, cow (contemptible woman)

Declension

Declension of cráin (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cráin cránacha
vocative a chráin a chránacha
genitive cránach cránacha
dative cráin cránacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chráin na cránacha
genitive na cránach na gcránacha
dative leis an gcráin
don chráin 		leis na cránacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cráin
radical lenition eclipsis
cráin chráin gcráin

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, section 17, page 19
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 15, page 9

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