cruthaitheoir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cruthnaitheoir
  • cruthuightheoir, cruthuightheóir (superseded)
  • cruithightheóir, cruthaidhtheoir, cruthaidhtheóir, cruthaightheoir, cruthaightheóir, cruthnuightheoir, cruthnuightheóir, cruthuigheoir, cruthuigheóir (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From cruthaigh (“to create”) +‎ -itheoir (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠuhiːjoːɾʲ/ ~ /ˈkɾˠuhijoːɾʲ/ ~ /ˈkɾˠihoːɾʲ/[2]

Noun

cruthaitheoir m (genitive singular cruthaitheora, nominative plural cruthaitheoirí)

  1. creator, maker
  2. (capitalized, religion) Creator, Maker

Declension

Declension of cruthaitheoir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cruthaitheoir cruthaitheoirí
vocative a chruthaitheoir a chruthaitheoirí
genitive cruthaitheora cruthaitheoirí
dative cruthaitheoir cruthaitheoirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cruthaitheoir na cruthaitheoirí
genitive an chruthaitheora na gcruthaitheoirí
dative leis an gcruthaitheoir
don chruthaitheoir 		leis na cruthaitheoirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruthaitheoir
radical lenition eclipsis
cruthaitheoir chruthaitheoir gcruthaitheoir

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

References

  1. ^ “cruthaitheoir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 164

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