crúach

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“heap”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to heap up”), shared with Old English hrēac (“stack, rick”), Lithuanian kruvà (“heap”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾuːa̯x/ === Noun === crúach f (genitive crúaiche, nominative plural crúacha) stack (of corn or hay), rick heap, pile ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== crúachaid ==== Descendants ==== Irish: cruach→ English: croagh→⇒ Yola: kurkeen Manx: creagh Scottish Gaelic: cruach === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 crúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language