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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From craos (gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

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craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: amplóir, sutha
  2. porbeagle, mackerel shark

Declension

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Declension of craosaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative craosaire craosairí
vocative a chraosaire a chraosairí
genitive craosaire craosairí
dative craosaire craosairí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an craosaire na craosairí
genitive an chraosaire na gcraosairí
dative leis an gcraosaire
don chraosaire
leis na craosairí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of craosaire
radical lenition eclipsis
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

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