craig
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English
Etymology
Variant of crag.
Noun
craig (plural craigs)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
Of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg. Cognate with English crag.
Noun
craig (plural craigs)
Welsh
Etymology
Of Celtic origin, 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, Manx creg.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ
Noun
craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| craig | graig | nghraig | chraig |
| 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