cráes

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cróes (“gluttony”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (earlier) /krɤːs/, (later) /krɯːs/

Noun

cráes m (genitive craís, nominative plural craís)

  1. gullet; maw
  2. gluttony

Derived terms

  • cráesach (“gluttonous”)
    • Irish: craosach
    • Scottish Gaelic: craosach

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cráes
radical lenition nasalization
cráes chráes cráes
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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