craosaire

Irish

Alternative forms
  • craosach m
  • craosachán m
  • craosaí m
  • craosánach m

Etymology

From craos (“gullet; maw; gluttony, voracity”) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

craosaire m (genitive singular craosaire, nominative plural craosairí)

  1. glutton
  2. porbeagle, mackerel shark

Declension
Declension of craosaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative craosaire craosairí
Vocative a chraosaire a chraosairí
Genitive craosaire craosairí
Dative craosaire craosairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an craosaire na craosairí
Genitive an chraosaire na gcraosairí
Dative leis an gcraosaire

don chraosaire

 leis na craosairí

Synonyms
  • (glutton): béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, bleaistéir, calcaire, cíocrachán, fursaeir, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire

Derived terms
  • craosaire gorm (“blue shark”)
  • craosaireacht f (“voraciousness, gluttony”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
craosaire chraosaire gcraosaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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