craos

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cráes (“maw, gullet”), from Old Irish cróes (“gluttony”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠeːsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kɾˠiːsˠ/, (older) /kɾˠɯːsˠ/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

  1. gullet; maw
  2. deep opening, (geology) vent
  3. breech (of gun)
  4. gluttony, voracity

Declension

Declension of craos (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative craos craois
vocative a chraois a chraosa
genitive craois craos
dative craos craois
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an craos na craois
genitive an chraois na gcraos
dative leis an gcraos
don chraos 		leis na craois

Derived terms

  • craos foirnéise (“throat of furnace”)
  • craosach (“open-mouthed; voracious”)
  • craosaire (“glutton”)
  • craosán (“gullet; gorge; deep rut, gully”)
  • craosbhloc (“breech-block”)
  • craosdeamhan (“demon of gluttony”)
  • craosfholc (“gargle”, transitive verb)
  • craosghalar (“thrush”)
  • craoslódáil (“breech-loading”)
  • craoslongadh (“voracious eating, gluttony”)
  • craosaireacht (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craos
radical lenition eclipsis
craos chraos gcraos

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), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cráes (“maw, gullet”), from Old Irish cróes (“gluttony”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪/

Noun

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

  1. mouth (of an animal, particularly a large mouth)
  2. (derogatory) mouth (of a human); maw, gob
  3. gluttony

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of craos
radical lenition
craos chraos

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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