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English
Etymology
Variant of crag.
Noun
craig (plural craigs)
- (Scotland) A rocky crag.
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)
- rock
- cliff
- crag
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
Noun
craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen)
- rock
- cliff
- crag
- reef
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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