creachadóir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • creachaire, creachtóir[1]

Etymology

From creach (“to plunder, raid”) +‎ -adóir.

Noun

creachadóir m (genitive singular creachadóra, nominative plural creachadóirí)

  1. plunderer, marauder, spoiler, looter
  2. destroyer (one that destroys)

Declension

Declension of creachadóir (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative creachadóir creachadóra
vocative a chreachadóir a chreachadóra
genitive creachadóir creachadóra
dative creachadóir creachadóra
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an creachadóir na creachadóra
genitive an chreachadóir na gcreachadóra
dative leis an gcreachadóir
don chreachadóir 		leis na creachadóra

Synonyms

  • (plunderer): sladaí, foghlaí
  • (destroyer): scriostóir

Mutation

Mutated forms of creachadóir
radical lenition eclipsis
creachadóir chreachadóir gcreachadóir

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

References

  1. ^ “creachadóir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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