Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish crett (“frame, framework”).
Noun
creatlach f (genitive singular creatlaí, nominative plural creatlacha)
- framework
- skeleton
- Fuarthas uaigh ina raibh trí chreatlach. ― A grave was discovered in which were three skeletons.
Declension
Declension of creatlach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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creatlach
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creatlacha
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| vocative
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a chreatlach
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a chreatlacha
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| genitive
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creatlaí
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creatlach
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| dative
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creatlach
creatlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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creatlacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chreatlach
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na creatlacha
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| genitive
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na creatlaí
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na gcreatlach
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| dative
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leis an gcreatlach
leis an gcreatlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chreatlach
don chreatlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na creatlacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of creatlach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| creatlach
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chreatlach
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gcreatlach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “creatlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 262; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “creatlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN