creg

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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.

Pronunciation

Noun

creg f (genitive singular creggey, plural creggyn)

  1. rock, crag

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of creg
radical lenition eclipsis
creg chreg greg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Mutated forms of creg
radical soft nasal aspirate
creg greg nghreg chreg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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