crág

See also: crag and crág-

Irish

Etymology

From the variant cròg, itself related to crobh (paw).[1]

Noun

crág f (genitive singular cráige, nominative plural crága)

  1. large hand; claw, paw
  2. handful
    Synonyms: lán glaice, lán láimhe
  3. (mechanical engineering) clutch
  4. (biology) chela
  5. (rugby) maul

Declension

Derived terms

  • crág bhíomail (brace-chuck)
  • crág chuimilte (friction clutch)
  • crág dhiosca (disk clutch)
  • crág- (cheli-)
  • crágach (having large hands; chelate; chelating, adjective)
  • crágachán, crágaire (clawer, pawer; awkward walker)
  • crágaí (person with large hands)
  • crágáil (claw, paw; handle roughly or unskilfully; walk awkwardly; toil along)
  • crágán ((little) claw; chuck)
  • crágchoimpléacs (chelate complex)
  • crágdhruilire (ratchet-drill)

Verb

crág (present analytic crágann, future analytic crágfaidh, verbal noun crágadh, past participle crágtha)

  1. (chemistry, intransitive) chelate

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crág chrág gcrág
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), cròg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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