craobh
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb, perhaps originally “splittable”, in which case from the root of criathar (“sieve”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)
- branch (of a tree, of an organization)
- win, victory, championship (in sport)
Declension
[edit]Declension of craobh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- An Chraobh Dhearg
- An Chraobh Rua
- cluiche craoibhe m (“final, championship (game)”)
- craobh fhiáin f (“wayfaring tree”)
- craobhán m (“small branch, twig”)
- craobhóg f (“small branch, twig”)
- sú craobh f (“raspberry”)
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
craobh | chraobh | gcraobh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “craoḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “craobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb, perhaps originally “splittable”, in which case from the root of criathar (“sieve”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, plural craobhan)
Derived terms
[edit]- craobh shìor-ghorm f (“evergreen tree”)
- craobh-chuilinn f (“holly tree”)
- craobh-geanmchno f (“chestnut tree”)
- craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (“horse chestnut tree”)
- craobh-mheas f (“fruit tree”)
- craobh-shloinntearachd f (“family tree”)
- craobh-ubhail f (“apple tree”)
- fàinne-chraoibhe f (“tree ring”)
- gealbhonn nan craobh (“tree sparrow”)
- leòmhann-chraobh m (“griffin”)
- meas-chraobh f (“fruit tree”)
- sùbh-craoibh f (“raspberry”)
Verb
[edit]craobh (past chraobh, future craobhaidh, verbal noun craobhadh, past participle craobhte)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
craobh | chraobh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “craobh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “craobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cráeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Sports
- ga:Trees
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic verbs
- gd:Trees