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creag

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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creag f (genitive singular creige, nominative plural creaga)

  1. Alternative form of creig

Mutation

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Mutated forms of creag
radical lenition eclipsis
creag chreag gcreag

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac, from Proto-Celtic *karsekki, from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (to scrape roughly), similar to English harsh.[1] Alternatively, the Old Irish is from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (hard) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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creag f (dative singular creag or creig, genitive singular creige, plural creagan)

  1. rock, crag
  2. cliff
  3. precipice
  4. quarry
  5. hill

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of creag
radical lenition
creag chreag

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

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “carraig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
  • Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
  • Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84
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