craosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”). By surface analysis, craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

craosach (genitive singular masculine craosaigh, genitive singular feminine craosaí, plural craosacha, comparative craosaí)

  1. open-mouthed, deep-vented
  2. voracious, gluttonous
  3. roaring, raging

Declension
Declension of craosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative craosach chraosach craosacha;
chraosacha²
Vocative chraosaigh craosacha
Genitive craosaí craosacha craosach
Dative craosach;
chraosach¹		 chraosach;
chraosaigh (archaic)		 craosacha;
chraosacha²
Comparative níos craosaí
Superlative is craosaí

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

Noun

craosach m (genitive singular craosaigh, nominative plural craosaigh)

  1. Alternative form of craosaire (“glutton”)

Declension
Declension of craosach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative craosach craosaigh
Vocative a chraosaigh a chraosacha
Genitive craosaigh craosach
Dative craosach craosaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an craosach na craosaigh
Genitive an chraosaigh na gcraosach
Dative leis an gcraosach

don chraosach

 leis na craosaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
craosach chraosach gcraosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cráesach (“gluttonous, greedy”, as substantive, “glutton”), from cráes (“maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating”). By surface analysis, craos +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰɾɯːs̪əx/

Adjective

craosach

  1. gluttonous, voracious
    Synonym: gionach
  2. wide-mouthed
  3. bibulous

Derived terms
  • preachan-craosach, sgreuchan-craosach (“vulture”)

Noun

craosach m (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaich)

  1. bonfire

Noun

craosach f (genitive singular craosaich, plural craosaichean)

  1. wide-mouthed woman

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
craosachchraosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “craosach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cráesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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