críoch
See also: crìoch
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish crích, from Old Irish crích (“boundary, limit, end”) (compare Scottish Gaelic crìoch and Manx creagh).
Pronunciation
Noun
críoch f (genitive singular críche, nominative plural críocha)
Declension
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Derived terms
- ardchríoch
- bailchríoch (“finishing touch”)
- Críoch Lochlann (“Scandinavia”)
- críoch-cheol (“finale”)
- críochaigh (“demarcate”, transitive verb)
- dea-chríoch (“good end; happy outcome”)
- droch-chríoch (“bad end, badly reduced state”)
- eachtarchríoch
- fótaichríoch
- i gcrích (“to completion”)
- imeallchríoch (“border, frontier”)
- ísealchríoch
- mórchríoch
Related terms
- coigríoch (“foreign country”)
- críochnaigh (“finish”, verb)
Verb
críoch (present analytic críochann, future analytic críochfaidh, verbal noun críochadh, past participle críochta)
- alternative form of críochaigh
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| críoch | chríoch | gcríoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 176
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 133, page 27
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “críoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 264; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “críoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “end”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026