craosaire
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- craosach m
- craosachán m
- craosaí m
- craosánach m
Etymology
editFrom craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) + -aire (agent noun suffix).
Noun
editcraosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
- craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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craosaire | chraosaire | gcraosaire |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craosaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN