cruithneacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruithnecht, from a compound whose second element is Proto-Celtic *nixtos (“winnowed, wheat”) (compare Welsh gwe-nith (“wheat”) Breton gwinizh (“wheat”) from *uɸo-nixtos), from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”). Cognate with Manx curnaght and Scottish Gaelic cruithneachd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɪ(h)nʲəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞hnʲa(x)t̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

cruithneacht f (genitive singular cruithneachta)

  1. wheat (grain)

Declension

Declension of cruithneacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cruithneacht
vocative a chruithneacht
genitive cruithneachta
dative cruithneacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chruithneacht
genitive na cruithneachta
dative leis an gcruithneacht
don chruithneacht

Derived terms

  • arán cruithneachta (“wheat bread”)
  • cruithneacht earraigh (“spring wheat”)
  • cruithneacht gheimhridh (“winter wheat”)
  • fásann cogal roimh chruithneacht (“ill weeds grow apace”)
  • lúb na cruithneacha (“double moss stitch”)
  • plúr cruithneachta (“wheat flour”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruithneacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cruithneacht chruithneacht gcruithneacht

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 39

Further reading

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