créacht

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crécht (wound, ulcer), from Proto-Celtic *krenxtus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic creuchd and Welsh craith (scar).

Pronunciation

Noun

créacht f (genitive singular créachta, nominative plural créachtaí)

  1. wound, gash, scar
  2. furrow, ravine

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
créacht chréacht gcréacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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