craobh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb
Noun
craobh f (genitive singular craoibhe, nominative plural craobhacha)
- branch (of a tree, of an organization)
- win, victory, championship (in sport)
Declension
Declension of craobh
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- craobhóg f, craobhán m (“small branch, twig; sprig, spray”)
- cluiche craoibhe m (“final, championship (game)”)
- sú craobh f (“raspberry”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| craobh | chraobh | gcraobh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cráeb, cróeb.
Derived terms
- craobh-chuilinn f (“holly tree”)
- craobh-geanmchno f (“chestnut tree”)
- craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f (“horse chestnut tree”)
- craobh-mheas f, meas-chraobh f (“fruit tree”)
- craobh shìor-ghorm f (“evergreen tree”)
- craobh-shloinntearachd f (“family tree”)
- craobh-ubhail f (“apple tree”)
- fàinne-chraoibhe f (“tree ring”)
- gealbhonn nan craobh (“tree sparrow”)
- leòmhann-chraobh m (“griffin”)
- sùbh-craoibh f (“raspberry”)
Verb
craobh (past chraobh, future craobhaidh, verbal noun craobhadh, past participle craobhte)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| craobh | chraobh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “cráeb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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