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creach

See also: Creach

English

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Etymology

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From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

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creach (plural creachs)

  1. (regional, Ireland, Scotland) an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
  2. booty, prey

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creach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)

  1. (transitive) to raid, plunder

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate with Manx cragh and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

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creach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)

  1. raid, incursion, plunder
Declension
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Declension of creach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative creach creacha
vocative a chreach a chreacha
genitive creiche creach
dative creach
creich (archaic, dialectal) 		creacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chreach na creacha
genitive na creiche na gcreach
dative leis an gcreach
leis an gcreich (archaic, dialectal)
don chreach
don chreich (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na creacha
Descendants
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  • → English: creach

Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish crechaid (“to plunder”), from the noun.

Verb

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creach (present analytic creachann, future analytic creachfaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachta)

  1. to plunder, pillage, sack, loot, despoil
  2. to rob, raid, rifle
  3. to harry, ravage
  4. to ruin (cause the fiscal ruin of, bankrupt)
  5. (hematology, surgery) to cauterize
  6. (obsolete) to mark, stain
Conjugation
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conjugation of creach (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present creachaim creachann tú;
creachair† 		creachann sé, sí creachaimid creachann sibh creachann siad;
creachaid† 		a chreachann; a chreachas /
a gcreachann* 		creachtar
past chreach mé; chreachas chreach tú; chreachais chreach sé, sí chreachamar; chreach muid chreach sibh; chreachabhair chreach siad; chreachadar a chreach /
ar chreach* 		creachadh
past habitual chreachainn / gcreachainn‡‡ chreachtá / gcreachtᇇ chreachadh sé, sí / gcreachadh sé, s퇇 chreachaimis; chreachadh muid / gcreachaimis‡‡; gcreachadh muid‡‡ chreachadh sibh / gcreachadh sibh‡‡ chreachaidís; chreachadh siad / gcreachaidís‡‡; gcreachadh siad‡‡ a chreachadh /
a gcreachadh* 		chreachtaí / gcreachta퇇
future creachfaidh mé;
creachfad 		creachfaidh tú;
creachfair† 		creachfaidh sé, sí creachfaimid;
creachfaidh muid 		creachfaidh sibh creachfaidh siad;
creachfaid† 		a chreachfaidh; a chreachfas /
a gcreachfaidh* 		creachfar
conditional chreachfainn / gcreachfainn‡‡ chreachfá / gcreachfᇇ chreachfadh sé, sí / gcreachfadh sé, s퇇 chreachfaimis; chreachfadh muid / gcreachfaimis‡‡; gcreachfadh muid‡‡ chreachfadh sibh / gcreachfadh sibh‡‡ chreachfaidís; chreachfadh siad / gcreachfaidís‡‡; gcreachfadh siad‡‡ a chreachfadh /
a gcreachfadh* 		chreachfaí / gcreachfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcreacha mé;
go gcreachad† 		go gcreacha tú;
go gcreachair† 		go gcreacha sé, sí go gcreachaimid;
go gcreacha muid 		go gcreacha sibh go gcreacha siad;
go gcreachaid† 		— go gcreachtar
past dá gcreachainn dá gcreachtá dá gcreachadh sé, sí dá gcreachaimis;
dá gcreachadh muid 		dá gcreachadh sibh dá gcreachaidís;
dá gcreachadh siad 		— dá gcreachtaí
imperative creachaim creach creachadh sé, sí creachaimis creachaigí;
creachaidh† 		creachaidís — creachtar
verbal noun creachadh
past participle creachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of creach
radical lenition eclipsis
creach chreach gcreach

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

References

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  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 13, page 21
  2. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.77, page 90
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Irish creach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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creach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)

  1. booty, plunder, prey, quarry
  2. destruction, disaster, ruin, devastation

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Verb

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creach (past chreach, future creachaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachte)

  1. rob, plunder
  2. ruin

Mutation

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Mutation of creach
radical lenition
creach chreach

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

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