craiceann

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn, nominative plural craicne)

  1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person, animal, vegetable, or fruit); rind (of cheese, etc.)
    Synonym: cneas
  2. surface
  3. finish, polish

Declension

Declension of craiceann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative craiceann craicne
vocative a chraicinn a chraicne
genitive craicinn craicne
dative craiceann craicne
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an craiceann na craicne
genitive an chraicinn na gcraicne
dative leis an gcraiceann
don chraiceann 		leis na craicne

Derived terms

  • bualadh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
  • craiceann béir (“bearskin”)
  • craiceann bó (“cow-hide”)
  • craiceann briosc (“crackling”)
  • craiceann caocháin (“moleskin”)
  • craiceann circe (“goose-flesh”)
  • craiceann fia (“buckskin, deerskin”)
  • craiceann fiaghabhair (“chamois-leather”)
  • craiceann gé (“goose-flesh”)
  • craiceann lao (“calfskin”)
  • craiceann muice (“pigskin”)
  • craiceann oinniúin (“onion skin”)
  • craiceann pónaí (“pony-skin”)
  • craicneach (“smooth-skinned”)
  • cruachraicneach (“hide-bound”, adjective)
  • cruas craicinn (“callosity”)
  • déanamh craicinn (“sexual intercourse”)
  • fliuch go craiceann (“soaking wet”)
  • salachar craicinn (“skin eruption”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of craiceann
radical lenition eclipsis
craiceann chraiceann gcraiceann

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “croiceann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 198
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 164, page 38
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 163
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 49, page 12
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 76, page 32

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish croiccenn.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

craiceann m (genitive singular craicinn or craicne, plural craicnean)

  1. skin
  2. hide
    Synonym: seiche

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of craiceann
radical lenition
craiceann chraiceann

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “croiccenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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