creathnach

English

Etymology

From Irish creathnach.

Noun

creathnach (uncountable)

  1. An edible red alga; dulse.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crithnaigthech, from Old Irish crithnaigid (“shake, tremble”), from crith (“shaking, trembling”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲahnˠia(x)/, /ˈcɾʲahn̪ˠia(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form creathnaitheach)

Adjective

creathnach (genitive singular masculine creathnaigh, genitive singular feminine creathnaí, plural creathnacha, comparative creathnaí)

  1. frightful, terrifying

Declension

Declension of creathnach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative creathnach chreathnach creathnacha;
chreathnacha2
vocative chreathnaigh creathnacha
genitive creathnaí creathnacha creathnach
dative creathnach;
chreathnach1 		chreathnach;
chreathnaigh (archaic) 		creathnacha;
chreathnacha2
Comparative níos creathnaí
Superlative is creathnaí

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

Alternative forms

  • creathnaitheach

Noun

creathnach f (genitive singular creathnaí)

  1. (tiny-shelled) dulse

Declension

Declension of creathnach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative creathnach
vocative a chreathnach
genitive creathnaí
dative creathnach
creathnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chreathnach
genitive na creathnaí
dative leis an gcreathnach
leis an gcreathnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chreathnach
don chreathnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of creathnach
radical lenition eclipsis
creathnach chreathnach gcreathnach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89

Further reading

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