crìoch

See also: críoch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crích (“boundary, limit, end; aim, purpose; confines, territory, district, land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲiəx/

Noun

crìoch f (dative singular crìch, genitive singular crìche, plural crìochan)

1. end

   thàinig e gu crìch ― it came to an end

   Proverb:

   Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl.

   The world will come to an end, but love and music will endure.

2. conclusion
3. boundary, limit
4. border, frontier

   Crìochan na h-Alba ― Scottish Borders

5. tropic (a parallel)

   Crìoch Thuath na Grèine ― Tropic of Cancer

   Crìoch Dheas na Grèine ― Tropic of Capricorn

6. country, territory

   Na Garbh-Chrìochan ― The Rough Bounds