crág

See also: crag and crág-

Irish

Etymology

From the variant cròg, itself related to crobh (paw).[1]

Noun

crág f (genitive singular cráige, nominative plural crága)

  1. large hand; claw, paw
  2. handful
    Synonyms: lán glaice, lán láimhe
  3. (mechanical engineering) clutch
  4. (biology) chela
  5. (rugby) maul

Declension

Declension of crág (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative crág crága
vocative a chrág a chrága
genitive cráige crág
dative crág crága
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chrág na crága
genitive na cráige na gcrág
dative leis an gcrág
don chrág
leis na crága

Derived terms

  • crág bhíomail (brace-chuck)
  • crág chuimilte (friction clutch)
  • crág dhiosca (disk clutch)
  • crág- (cheli-)
  • crágach (having large hands; chelate; chelating, adjective)
  • crágachán, crágaire (clawer, pawer; awkward walker)
  • crágaí (person with large hands)
  • crágáil (claw, paw; handle roughly or unskilfully; walk awkwardly; toil along)
  • crágán ((little) claw; chuck)
  • crágchoimpléacs (chelate complex)
  • crágdhruilire (ratchet-drill)

Verb

crág (present analytic crágann, future analytic crágfaidh, verbal noun crágadh, past participle crágtha)

  1. (chemistry, intransitive) chelate

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of crág
radical lenition eclipsis
crág chrág gcrág

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

References

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

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