cretoor
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish crétúir (modern Irish créatúr), ultimately from Late Latin creātūra, likely via English creature or a Romance language.
Pronunciation
Noun
cretoor m (genitive singular cretoor, plural cretooryn)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cretoor | chretoor | gretoor |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crétúir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language