crackan

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn (skin, hide).

Pronunciation

Noun

crackan m (genitive singular crackanagh or craitnagh, plural crackanyn or craitnyn)

  1. skin, pelt, fur, hide
    • Cre yiow jeh'n chayt agh y crackan echey?
      • What will you get from the cat but its skin?
  2. peel, rind

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crackan chrackan grackan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.