creach

See also: Creach

English

Alternative forms

• creagh

Etymology

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

creach (plural creachs)

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to raid, plunder

Anagrams

• cacher

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɾʲax/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)

1. raid, incursion, plunder

Declension

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

• → English: creach

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• (plunder): slad
• (rob): robáil
• (harry): loit, scrios
• (cauterize): loisc, poncloisc

Derived terms

• creachach
• creachadóir
• creachadóireacht

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaċaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

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.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• creagh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲʰɾʲɛx/

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)

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

Derived terms

• eun-creiche
• mo chreach

 

Descendants

• → English: creach

Verb

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

1. rob, plunder
2. ruin

Mutation

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.