craig

== English == === Etymology === Variant of crag. === Noun === craig (plural craigs) (Scotland) A rocky crag. ==== Derived terms ==== craig flounder === Anagrams === Graci, Agric., argic, cigar, agric. == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Galway) IPA(key): /kɾˠæɟ/ ~ /kɾˠeɟ/ === Noun === craig f (genitive singular craige, nominative plural craigeacha) alternative form of creag (“crag, rock”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “craig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 256; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN == Scots == === Etymology === Of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg. Cognate with English crag. === Noun === craig (plural craigs) rock cliff crag == Welsh == === Etymology === Of Celtic origin, possibly from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”). Related Celtic descendants include Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Manx creg. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ === Noun === craig f (plural creigiau, diminutive creigen) rock Synonyms: carreg, main cliff crag reef ==== Derived terms ==== golfan y graig (“rock sparrow”) creigafal (“cotoneaster”) creigardd (“rock garden”) creigiog, creiglyd (“rocky”) creigle, creigfa (“rocky place”) === Mutation === === References === Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325 Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84