créatúr

See also: creatur

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish crétúir (compare Manx cretoor), from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɾʲeːˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

créatúr m (genitive singular créatúir, nominative plural créatúir)

  1. creature, created thing
    1. (in expressions of sympathy) poor creature, poor thing
    2. (contemptuously) (good for nothing) creature

Declension

Declension of créatúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative créatúr créatúir
vocative a chréatúir a chréatúra
genitive créatúir créatúr
dative créatúr créatúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an créatúr na créatúir
genitive an chréatúir na gcréatúr
dative leis an gcréatúr
don chréatúr 		leis na créatúir

Mutation

Mutated forms of créatúr
radical lenition eclipsis
créatúr chréatúr gcréatúr

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

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