craos

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cráes (maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating), possibly related to crosán (jester, satirist, reciter, literally cross-bearer), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan.[1] Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (drunkenness) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, hangover).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

craos m (genitive singular craois, nominative plural craois)

  1. gullet; maw
  2. deep opening, (geology) vent
  3. breech (of gun)
  4. gluttony, voracity

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
craos chraos gcraos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croesan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cráes (maw, mouth, gullet; gluttony, excessive eating), possibly related to crosán (jester, satirist, reciter, literally cross-bearer), which was borrowed into Welsh croesan.[1] Or, from Proto-Celtic *kraɸestus, a late borrowing from Latin crapula (drunkenness) and Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, hangover).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

craos m (genitive singular craois, plural craosan)

  1. mouth (animal)
  2. (derogatory) mouth (human); maw, gob
  3. gluttony

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
craos chraos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croesan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]