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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
crích f
- dative singular of críoch
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| crích
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chrích
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gcrích
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish crích, from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, boundary”).
Pronunciation
Nominative singular and genitive plural:
Accusative and dative singular:
Noun
crích f
- boundary, border
- territory, area
c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:i. bruden Daderga i crich Cualand, ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich, ocus bruden Mic Dareo i mBrefni, ocus bruden Dachoca i n‑iarthor Mide ocus bruden Blai briuga i nUltaib.- i.e. the hall of Daderga in the area of Cualu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Brefne, and the hall of Dachoca in the west of Meath, and the hall of Blai the landowner in Ulster.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| crích |
chrích |
crích
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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