craorag

Irish

Alternative forms

  • craorac, craorach[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cróderg, from Old Irish crú (“blood”) + derg (“red”);[2] compare the modern equivalent compound cródhearg.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠaiɾʲək/[3][4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠeːɾˠək/, (older) /ˈkɾˠɤːɾˠək/[5]; /kɾˠeːɾˠk/ ~ /kɾˠɤːɾˠk/[6]

Adjective

craorag (genitive singular masculine craoraig, genitive singular feminine craoraige, plural craoraga, not comparable)

  1. blood red
  2. crimson

Declension

Declension of craorag
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative craorag chraorag craoraga;
chraoraga2
vocative chraoraig craoraga
genitive craoraige craoraga craorag
dative craorag;
chraorag1 		chraorag;
chraoraig (archaic) 		craoraga;
chraoraga2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

  • oráiste craorag (“blood orange”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craorag
radical lenition eclipsis
craorag chraorag gcraorag

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

References

  1. ^ “craorag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croderg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 339, page 109; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 827, page 470
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 72, page 31
  6. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 36, page 16

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