crág
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the variant cròg, itself related to crobh (“paw”).[1]
Noun[edit]
crág f (genitive singular cráige, nominative plural crága)
- large hand; claw, paw
- handful
- Synonyms: lán glaice, lán láimhe
- (mechanical engineering) clutch
- (biology) chela
- (rugby) maul
Declension[edit]
Declension of crág
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
crág (present analytic crágann, future analytic crágfaidh, verbal noun crágadh, past participle crágtha)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of crág (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
crág | chrág | gcrág |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cròg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crág”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crág”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “crág” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “crág” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.