créatúr
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See also: creatur
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish crétúir (compare Manx cretoor), from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /cɾʲeːˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲeːt̪ˠuɾˠ/
Noun[edit]
créatúr m (genitive singular créatúir, nominative plural créatúir)
- creature, created thing
- (in expressions of sympathy) poor creature, poor thing
- (contemptuously) (good for nothing) creature
Declension[edit]
Declension of créatúr
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
créatúr | chréatúr | gcréatúr |
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) “créatúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “creature”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crétúir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language