craig

See also: Craig

English

Etymology

Variant of crag.

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

  1. (Scotland) A rocky crag.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Galway) IPA(key): /kɾˠæɟ/ ~ /kɾˠeɟ/[1]

Noun

craig f (genitive singular craige, nominative plural craigeacha)

  1. alternative form of creag (“crag, rock”)

Declension

Declension of craig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative craig craigeacha
vocative a chraig a chraigeacha
genitive craige craigeacha
dative craig craigeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chraig na craigeacha
genitive na craige na gcraigeacha
dative leis an gcraig
don chraig 		leis na craigeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of craig
radical lenition eclipsis
craig chraig gcraig

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “craig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 256; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

Scots

Etymology

Of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg. Cognate with English crag.

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

  1. rock
  2. cliff
  3. crag

Welsh

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Manx creg.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ

Noun

craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen)

  1. rock
  2. cliff
  3. crag
  4. reef

Derived terms

  • creigafal m (“cotoneaster”)
  • creigfa f (“rocky place”)
  • creigiog (“craggy”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craig
radical soft nasal aspirate
craig graig nghraig chraig

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

References

  • Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
  • Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
  • Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84
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