creutair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crétúir, from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾeːht̪ɛɾʲ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈkðeːʰt̪əɾ/[1]

Noun

creutair m (genitive singular creutair, plural creutairean)

  1. creature, being, person
  2. body
    an creutair truagh ― the poor body

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “creutair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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