cruach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɾˠuəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /kɾˠɔx/ (in the phrase cruach fhéir (“hayrick”) /kɾˠɔxˈeːɾʲ/) === Etymology 1 === From crua (“hard”) +‎ -ach. ==== Alternative forms ==== cruaidh (Munster) cruaidhe (Ulster) cruadhach (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== cruach f (genitive singular cruach) steel (metal alloy) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== cruach charbóin (“carbon steel”) giotár cruach (“steel guitar”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cruaḋaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 273; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cruach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cruach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish crúach, from Old Irish crúach (“stack; mountain, hill”), from Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“heap”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to heap up”), shared with Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”), Lithuanian kruvà (“heap”). ==== Noun ==== cruach f (genitive singular cruaiche, nominative plural cruacha) stack (of corn or hay), pile (geography) hill, mountain ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: croagh →⇒ Yola: kurkeen ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cruaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 273; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cruach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cruach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Etymology 3 === From Old Irish crúachaid (“to heap, pile”), from crúach (“heap, pile”). ==== Verb ==== cruach (present analytic cruachann, future analytic cruachfaidh, verbal noun cruachadh, past participle cruachta) (transitive) to stack, pile ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== is é cosaint na pingine a chruachas na puint (“take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cruaċaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cruach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cruach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Mutation === === References === == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰɾuəx/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish crúach (“stack of corn; rick; heap, conical pile; mountain, hill”), from Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“heap”). ==== Noun ==== cruach f (genitive singular cruaiche, plural cruachan) pile, heap, stack ===== Derived terms ===== cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach (“snug as a bug in a rug”, literally “snug as a mouse in a haystack”) === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish crúachaid (“to heap, pile”), from crúach (“heap, pile”). ==== Verb ==== cruach (past chruach, future cruachaidh, verbal noun cruachadh, past participle cruachte) to pile or heap up to make into a stack === Mutation === === References ===