craosaire
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- craosach m
- craosachán m
- craosaí m
- craosánach m
Etymology
[edit]From craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) + -aire (agent noun suffix).
Noun
[edit]craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of craosaire
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
- craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| craosaire | chraosaire | gcraosaire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craosaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN