craosaire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • craosach m
  • craosachán m
  • craosaí m
  • craosánach m

Etymology

From craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: amplóir, sutha
  2. porbeagle, mackerel shark

Declension

Declension of craosaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative craosaire craosairí
vocative a chraosaire a chraosairí
genitive craosaire craosairí
dative craosaire craosairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an craosaire na craosairí
genitive an chraosaire na gcraosairí
dative leis an gcraosaire
don chraosaire 		leis na craosairí

Derived terms

  • craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
  • craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craosaire
radical lenition eclipsis
craosaire chraosaire gcraosaire

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

Further reading

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