creg

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish crec, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig.

Noun

creg f (genitive singular creggey)

1. rock, crag

Derived terms

• creggeen

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creg	chreg	greg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cregen (“clay vessel”).

Noun

creg f (plural cregiau)

1. potsherd, fragment of pottery, ostracon

   Synonym: cragen

Etymology 2

Adjective

creg f

1. feminine singular of cryg (“hoarse”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
creg	greg	nghreg	chreg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “creg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies