criathar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish críathar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (whence also Welsh crwydr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-trom.

Pronunciation

Noun

criathar m (genitive singular criathair or créithir, nominative plural criathair or créithre)

  1. sieve, riddle (sieve with coarse meshes), screen (material woven from fine wires)
    Synonyms: síothlán, rilleán
  2. sifter (tool for sifting)
    Synonym: scagaire

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of criathar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative criathar criathair
vocative a chriathair a chriathara
genitive criathair criathar
dative criathar criathair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an criathar na criathair
genitive an chriathair na gcriathar
dative leis an gcriathar
don chriathar 		leis na criathair

Alternative declension:

Declension of criathar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative criathar créithre
vocative a chréithir a chréithre
genitive créithir créithre
dative criathar créithre
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an criathar na créithre
genitive an chréithir na gcréithre
dative leis an gcriathar
don chriathar 		leis na créithre

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of criathar
radical lenition eclipsis
criathar chriathar gcriathar

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “críathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

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