, -aidh, m., religion, piety, devotion.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of small rock-fish.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a boaster, a jester, a talker.

, g. cráidh and crádha, m., act of vexing, plaguing, tormenting; pain, torment, misery, destruction, anguish, torture; is tú an crádh, you are a torment; faoi ch., in misery.

, vl. crádh and crádhadh, v. tr., I pain, torture, torment, annoy; ná bí am chrádh, do not annoy me.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a burr, a burdock.

, -ais, m., vexation.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a heart-burn; a dislike; sorrow; scruple.

, -aighe, a., heartburning; offensive, repugnant, distasteful; scrupulous.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a worn-out person; a useless animal (W. Ker.).

, -áige, -ága, f., a paw; a broad palm of the hand; a handful (of meal, etc.); nom. also cráig.

, -aighe, a., having large hands or feet.

, g. -gtha and -gaidhthe, m., collision.

, -adh, v. tr., I handle, paw, maul.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an awkward person who paws and besmears everything; a mauler.

, -thighe, a., religious, pious.

, -a, f., godliness, piety, devotion.

, p. a., tormented, vexed, troubled, pained; croidhe c., a heart torn with anguish.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bold, peevish youngster; a miser.

, -a, f., vexation, torment, pain, trouble; mo ch., woe is me!

, -áin, pl. id., m., a grumbler.

, -oige, -oga, f., a niggardly woman (O'N.).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a miser.

, -e, -eacha, f., a crag; a rock. See <<carraig>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., the fist; a paw, a claw (also the throat) (O'N.).

, -péisc, pl. id., m., a torpedo; a species of fish.

, -ánach, -ánacha, f., a female; a sow; a she-crab; the female of several animals, having the idea of maternity, as cráin ghé, cráin bheiche, cráin mhuice.

, -reimhre, a., as thick as a tree; thick-shafted.

, a., obdurate, hard (Om.).

, m., masts. See <<crann>>.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I parch, shrivel up, sear.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the female of several animals, as cráintín gé, a goose; dim. of cráin.

, g. id., m., tough phlegm.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I entangle; I cripple.

, -aigh m., the refuse stalks of peas, potatoes, or other crops (prop. cnámharlach).

, -óige, -óga, f., a remnant, refuse, residuum; cramhóg ghuail, cinders; a worm, a still (Om.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe or -adha, m., a knot, a clasp; a cramp; a spasm; crampaidhe, cramps.

, -aighe, a., knotty; subject to cramps or spasms.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a twisted, knotty beam of wood; a tree trunk; a large tuft, a dry lump in a bog or marsh; a small holm; a high river bank, common in place names; according to some, an inlet of a river, a creek; it is the name of some rivers.

, -óige, -óga, f., a noose (O'N.), crancaidh, -e, -the, m., a grumbler.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a grumbler (A?).

, g. -ainn, pl. id. and -a, dpl. crannaibh, m., a tree, mast, stave; a bolt; a plough; the handle of a weapon or implement; a staff; a limb; ar a chrannaibh, on his hands and feet; crann mór, crann árd, main mast; crann íseal, a low mast; crann meadhóin, mizzen-mast; crann airce, the cork-tree; c. áirne, the sloe-tree; c. bán, the sycamore-tree; c. beithe, the birch-tree; pl. somet. crainnte (Con.).

, g. crainn, pl. id. and cranna, m., a lot; cranna do chur air, to select something by lot; crainnte do chaitheamh ar id. (Con.).

, -a, pl. id., a tune, a melody, a step in dancing; cranna ceoil, tunes in music; in pl. antics: féach na cranna tá fé, observe his antics.

, -nta, m., choosing by lot; act of playing certain tunes on the fiddle, bagpipes, etc.

, -aigh, m., woven basket-work at the top of country chimneys, plastered over and whitewashed.

, m., the sycamore tree.

, m., a flag-staff.

, m., the tree of judgment.

, m., a box tree.

, f., the bark of a tree.

, m., a cotton tree.

, m., the mountain ash; the service tree; the quicken tree; the quick beam.

, m., a dwarf tree.

, m., the hazel tree.

, g. crainn chreatha, pl. id., m., an aspen tree; the trembling poplar (also crann crithir).

, -a, m., the bark of a tree (O'N.).

, m., a holly tree.

, m., a quince tree.

, m., a cypress tree.

, -chuir, m., a casting of lots; crainn do chur, to cast lots.

, m., magical divination.

, a., bowed, feeble, shrivelled; woody.

, m., an oak tree.

, m., an oak tree.

, m., a mizen mast.

, m., the elder tree (crann ealdruim, crann dromáin).

, m., an ebony tree.

, m., a weaver's setting stick.

, m., sorcery by casting of lots.

, m., an elder tree.

, m., id.

, m., a fig tree.

, m., black whortleberry, bilberry, blaeberry; c. fraochóige, id.

, m., a baker's rolling-pin.

, m., common ash tree.

, m., henbane (hyoscyamus).

, -e, f., lattices before the altar, dividing the sanctuary from the body of the church; a bier; strains of music (pipers used to accompany funerals at one time; cf. crann, a tune: Gheabhair marcaidheacht ar chrannghail aoibhinn. - "An t-Othar agus an Bás"

, m., a walnut tree.

, m., a pike-staff.

, m., a chestnut tree (also crann cnó chapaill).

, m., a fir tree, a pine tree; bog pine.

, m., an axle-tree.

, m., a yew tree.

, m., a laurel or bay tree.

, -aigh m., boughs of trees; brushwood; stalks of plants.

, m., a main mast.

, -ainne, -anna, f., a shrubbery.

, m., a lemon tree.

, m., a foremast, as distinct trom crann seoil, a mast simply.

, m., groundsel (also grunlus).

, g. crainn maoil-dheirg, pl. id., m., a mulberry tree.

, m., the main mast.

, -naisc, m., a kind of spancel which ties the horns of a cow to one of the fore logs (prop. crobh-nasc).

, -óige, -óga, f., a pulpit; the driver's box on a coach; a hook or pin to hang things on; an old lake dwelling.

, g. crainn ola, pl. id., m., an olive tree.

, m., a palm tree.

, m., a pike handle.

, g. id., f., a knot in wood, a wart (Con. and U.); tá mé 'mo chrannra aige, I am wearied out by it (Con.); rinneadh crannra de, he was destroyed (Don.).

, m., a magistrate (U.).; any peacemaker.

, m., a sallow or willow tree; also c. saileoige.

, g. -shaoir, pl. id., m., a carpenter.

, m., a boom; also a bow-sprit.

, m., a hunting spear.

, m., a mast; crainn feoil, masts.

, m., a cherry tree.

, m., horn beam, horse beech tree (corpinus betulus); an elm tree (O'C.).

, m., a canoe, a boat.

, m., a chandelier.

, m., a scythe handle, scythe-tree.

, m., a gooseberry tree; c. spíonóg (Don.).

, m., a bolt-sprit or bow-sprit.

, dpl. -taibhlibh, f., a sling, a sling-staff.

, f., a drawing of crann tarrainge, m., a wooden peg or pin.

, m., an arbour.

, m., a printing press, a bookbinder's press, a rackpin.

, m., a lime tree, a teel tree.

, m., lime tree.

, m., a reel for winding yarn (Meath).

, m., a reel for winding yarn.

, g. crainn tógálaigh, pl. cranna tógálacha, m., a crane, windlass, lever, crow (also crann tógála).

, m., a guess; an bfhaghad ar mo ch. é, shall I get it, if I guess rightly?

, m., a fruit-tree.

, m., the foremast. See <<crann luinge>>.

, m., a cross bar, a cross-beam; the swingle-tree in ploughing.

, m., holm-oak.

, m., a frankincense tree.

, m., an apple tree.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a decrepid old man.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I become wooden, grow into wood; I plant trees.

, m., the bowsprit of a ship (P. O'C.).

, g. -oibhe and -obha, d. -oibh, pl. -bha and -acha, dim. craoibhín and craobhóg, f., a branch, a bough, a tree; an c., the palm of victory; craobh choscair, a sign of triumph; rug sé an chraobh leis, he won the palm; ní fhéadfainn aon phioc de chraoibh an aonaigh do chur air, I could not put anything of the palm of the fair on it, i.e. I couldn't do it in any way well (M.); súgh craobh, raspberry. craobh, as it occurs in place names and family names, as Craobh Ruadh, Craobh Chruachna, etc., may signify a seat or mansion embosomed in shrubbery; craobhach is similarly used. See P. O'C.

, -bhaighe, a., branching, full of boughs; flowing (of the hair); variegated, fashionable, e.g. mo ghúna craobhach (17.).

, -aigh m., loppings of trees; brushwood.

, -adh, v. intr., I branch, I sprout.

, f., a genealogical tree, a pedigree.

, f., a laurel, a trophy.

, f., an elder or bore tree. See <<crann druim>>.

, f., a sty in the eye.

, f., a genealogical tree.

, -aighe, a., with branch-like flame, flamboyant.

, f., hart's tongue.

, f., a sty in the eye (some write it craobh fhoghar and craobh fhabhra, the latter being probably the correct form).

, -óige, -óga, f., an arborette; a little branch, a twig.

, g. -lte, pl. id., m., act of propagating, publishing, setting down in genealogical order; genealogy; an explanation; publishing, preaching.

, -leadh, v. tr., I propagate, disseminate, publish, explain, divulge, delineate.

, p. a., preached, published, delineated, explained.

, -chta, m., withering, blasting.

, -aigh pl. id., m., an arborist.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small branch or bough; a bush, a small tree.

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a spear, a javelin; craoisneach, id.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a little glutton.

, -adh, I announce (Wat.).

, -aice, a., bright-red, speckled (another form of either cró-dhearg or caor-dhearg); also (Con.).

, -aic, pl. id., m., a fish with bright-red scales (pron. creidhreac in Ker.); Binn na gCreidhreac, a little peak on the northern coast of Valentia Island, round which this particular fish is found in large numbers.

, -ois, m., the throat, the open mouth; the cavity of the mouth; the belly; greed, gluttony, revelling; anger, fury; féach an craos atá uirthi, said of a scolding woman.

, -aighe, a., greedy, gluttonous, gaping, wide-mouthed; furious; florid of face.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a glutton, a spendthrift.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a glutton.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a glutton, a debauchee; a shark.

, -a, f., greediness, gluttony, spendthriftness; craosacht, id.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a glutton, a riotous person, a debauchee.

, -bháine, a., white-mouthed, white-throated.

, -aighe, a., greedy; voracious.

, -gtha, m., a gargling or rinsing of the mouth.

, -air, m., sores in the mouth, mouth distemper (usually in children); stomatitis, or thrush.

, -nta, m., gargling.

, -adh, v. tr., I gargle.

, -gtha, m., act of greedily devouring; voracity.

, -óil, m., act of drinking with greed; great drinking.

, -air, m., a hungry or voracious onslaught.

, -uigthe, m., swallowing with greed.

, -shlugadh v. tr. I swallow voraciously.

, indec. a., greedy.

, -ptha, m., act of contracting, shrinking up, crippling, stunting; gathering close together; pron. crupadh (Con.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a cripple.

, -adh, p. a. -ptha, v. tr. and intr., I shrink up, contract; withdraw (as one's hand); I cause to shrink; bring close together (as hay spread out).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one that crushes or causes to shrink.

, -aill, m., a fetter; shackles (also creapall).

, -aighe, a., curled (of the hair).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I fetter, I tie, I bind.

, -ais, m., twilight. See <<clap-sholas>>.

(crapuighthe, M. sp. l.), p. a., warped, contracted, bent, crippled.

, -aighe, a., shaking, trembling, waving, quivering; cut, crathach, a waving head of hair.

, -aithte, pl. id., m., a shaking, brandishing, flapping, quivering; aspersion; concussion; a nod of the head.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I wave, shake; nod, beckon.

, -aighe, a., shaking, quivering, trembling.

, -aighe, f., a shaking bog.

, g. criadh, d. criaidh, pl. créidheanna f., earth, clay, dust (g. cré, d. id., is most usual now, except in poetry).

, g. id., f., the creed (Lat. credo).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a beggar, a dun.

, -air, pl. id., m., a fork-cock of hay.

, -air, m., a woodcock; a gadfly. (P. O'C. spells creodhar or creadhar, and thinks the dh is foreign and superfluous); creabhaire, id.

, m., a gadfly; a woodcock (Con.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a twig, a branch; a young woman.

, g. creiche, pl. creacha, f., plunder, spoil, booty, cattleprey; a herd, as creach bó nó capall, a herd of cows, or a troop of horses; a host, a multitude; ruin; mo chreach, woe is me.

, -chta, m., act of plundering; spoiling, robbing.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a spoiler, a plunderer, robber, freebooter, destroyer, creachail, -e, -idhe, f., a crooked, gnarled piece of wood; fig., a person of a cross, unmanageable disposition; creachaile, also in latter sense.

, -adh, v. tr., I plunder, I rob, despoil, desolate.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a plunderer, a robber, a destroyer.

, -a, f., plundering, robbery, desolating.

See <<creathán>>.

, -loiscthe, pl. id., m., destruction by fire.

, g. -a, pl. id., f., a wound, a sore, a scar, a gash; a furrow; a ravine; a streak; créachta Mhic Dhé, the wounds of the Son of God.

, -aighe, a., wounded; wounded by sin, sinful.

, -aigh m., crane's bill, a plant used in healing sores.

, -aigh deirg, m., bloody crane's bill, a weed with very rough roots that grows in wet land, the flowers of which are used for dyeing.

, -adh, v. tr., I wound.

, f., act of wounding deeply.

, p. a., deeply wounded.

, -lot, v. tr., I wound severely.

, -luirg, m., a scar, a cicatrice.

, -aighe, a., full of scars.

, m., wound-wort.

, -uighthe, m., act of wounding; wounding.

, -ughadh, p. p. -uighthe, v. tr., I wound.

, indecl. p. a., wounded.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a plunderer, a despoiler, a ravager.

, -btha, m., act of mangling, tearing in pieces.

, interrog. pr., what? why? créad as? what from? why? whence? wherefore? créad fáth? what for? wherefore? why? créad nach? why not? créad eile? what else?

, -ail, pl. id., m., a cute undersized person (Clare).

, -óige, -óga, f., earth, dust, clay; ag dul fá'n gcréafóig, going under the sod, being buried (Raft.).

, g. creige, pl. creaga, f., a rock, a crag, a cliff.

, -aighe, a., rocky, abounding in cliffs.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little rock; a rocky or stony place.

, garlic. See <<cneamh>>.

, m., a leek.

, g. id., pl. -finae, m., a hawker, a pedlar, a huckster.

, -a, f., hawking, peddling, petty dealing.

, f., where garlic grows; a garlic-wood; the original and correct form of Craughwell, Co. Galway.

, m., hart's tongue (lingua cervina).

, -ghigh, -ghighe, m., a crow (Der.).

, seaweed intermixed with mussel-shells that grows on rocks. See <<creathnach>>.

, vl. creanmhain, v. tr., I i consume, waste, expend on (le); I purchase.

, -e, f., sedition; murmuring.

, -ana, f., act of expending, wasting, consuming, purchasing.

, -a, f., cleverness, neat-handedness.

, indec. a., stumbling; fettered, disabled, crippled.

, -aill, m., entanglement; retaining, keeping; fetters; a binding.

, -adh, v. tr., I bind, I tie. See <<creapluighim>>.

(creapallaim), -ughadh, v. tr., I entangle; stop, stay, hinder.

: teine chreasa, sparks as from flint or from the road, made by horses' hoofs when running.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a girdle, a belt (dim. of crios).

-uighthe, pl. id., m., a girding, binding.

, -mhara, f., a creek, a strait (of the sea).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I gird, I bind, I set.

, -a, pl. id., m., carcass, body; the texture or shape of anything; the appearance; the complexion; the state of the body; creata, the sides (ribs and planking) of a ship; the sides, ribs, etc., of a house-roof. See <<creathach>>.

, -aigh -a, m., a hurdle of rods or wattles (Lat. crates); creathach tighe, the ribs of a house-roof; creathach luinge, the sides (ribs and planking) of a ship (somet. creatach).

, -aighe, a., shivering, trembling, quaking; crann creathach, the aspen tree; galar creathach, fiabhras creathach, the ague.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a churn-dash.

, -e, f., a quaking, a shivering.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a small seed potato; any bulb or clove designed for propagation (P. O'C.); fig., a small person, a little child (pron. criochaide). See <<creathán>>.

, I tremble. See <<crithim>>.

, -ail, m., bustle, tumult; bain creatal as, "knock sparks out of him" (Con.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small potato; fig., a small object, as a small egg, etc.; a small person (also criochán). See <<creathaide>>.

, -air, pl. id., m., a sanctuary; a place where relics are kept.

, -fhuinn, pl. id., m., an earthquake.

, -aigh (pron. creatalach), m., the entrails, the body.

, -luime, a., bare-bodied, scraggy.

, -aighe, f., edible seaweed with shells (dúilicín or duibhlicín); not dulse (duileasc), which has no shells.

, -uighthe, m., fear, dread, terror; tremor, trembling; act of trembling.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I shake, I shudder; I cause to tremble.

, -btha, m., a hewing and hacking of bodies.

, -túra, pl. -túire and -túiridhe, m., a creature; a person to be pitied; créatúr (Don.).

, g. id., f., a wretch; a whining or crying child; a bháis, a chréiche chríon (Seaghán na Ráithíneach).

, -e, -eanna, f., the creed; faith, belief (also cré).

, -dimh, m., faith, belief, religion, creed.

, -mhna, f., act of believing; credit, honour, respectability; tá c. ag dul dóibh anois, they are now becoming respectable (also creideamhaint).

, -aighe, a., respectable, of high character; worthy of trust or credit.

, -e, f., a knell; c. bháis, the death-knell.

, -deamh, -deamhain, v. Ir. and intr., I believe; I trust to, confide in; I think, imagine; creidim i nDia, I believe in God; an tí . . . chreideas do'n tí do chuir uaidh mé, he who . . . believes in him who sent me (Kea.).

, -mhighe, a., faithful, believing.

, -mhigh, -mhighthe, m., a believer.

, -ála, f., act of believing (Don.). See <<creidim>>.

, -sta, m., credit, trust, confidence.

, -ric, pl. id., m., f., species of the fish called "connor" (Ker.). See <<craorac>>.

, -e, f., the circumstance of believing; belief.

, fit to be believed; more usually in compounds like in-ch., dí-ch., which see.

, -ora, -oiridhe m., a believer, a credulous person.

, -gir, -gridhe, m., a grappler (Ker.).

, -oige, -oga, f., a conger eel.

, -e, f., gnawing; corrosion; a bite, a gnawing pain.

, -mighe, a., abusive, biting; creimneach, -nighe, id.

, -mthe, m., gnawing, nagging; act of gnawing, corroding.

, -rtha, m., act of gnawing; act of abusing or satirising; ag creim-ghearradh saor-fhlaith, abusing freemen (E. R.).

, vl. creim, v. tr., I gnaw, chew, bite; v. intr., I suffer.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a biter, a gnawer, a chewer.

, -dartha, m., act of gnawing away.

, -ála, f., the act of basting or sewing the pieces of cloth roughly together, in tailoring (Mon.).

, -nimh, pl. id., m., a scar (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., giving scars (O'N.).

, the zodiac (O'N.).

, -aigh pl. id., m., a seducer (O'N.).

, -a, f., seduction (O'N.).

, -adh, v. tr., I seduce (O'N.).

, gs. of cré, earth; used as a., clayey.

, indec. a., earthen, clayey, loamy.

, g. id., m., delf, earthenware.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a husbandman, a labourer.

, -amhla, a., clayey, earthen, loamy.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a potter.

, a., of iron and clay (Kea.).

, -air, pl. créithre, m., a sieve; c. mheala, a honeycomb.

, -air, pl. id., m., a deep hole in a bog.

, m., a honeycomb.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a wilderness, a swamp; marshy ground.

, -aigh, m., a deep, impassible, shaking bog.

, -aighe, a., sieve-like.

, -ruighthe, pl. id., m., a sifting, a filtering; a minute examination.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a man who makes sieves, etc.

(criathraim)

, -radh, v. tr., I sift, filter, examine minutely.

See <<croidhe>>.

, -theirte, f., a second milking.

, g. id., f., the withered, sapless condition of old age. See <<críneacht>>.

, -a, f., withering, rottenness, dryness, brittleness, saplessness (of wood, etc., through age).

, -ligh, -lighe, m., a despicable, worthless fellow, merely hanging together (Don.).

, m., a wood-louse, a wall-louse; a moth; also a midge.

, -tighe, a., fretting.

, g. críche, pl. críocha, gpl. críoch, f., limit, end; region, kingdom; boundary; territory, country; a definite object; business, economy; rud do chur chum críche, to utilise a thing, turn it to a definite use; ag déanamh críche, industrious; go dtagaidh an nídh sin chum críche, may that event come to pass; críoch fhóghanta ort, may you turn out well, have a good end; níl áird ná críoch air, he is good for nothing; críocha dubha dorcha na hoidhche, the dark shades of night; ag bagairt ar chríochaibh fir óig, winking at the face of a young man(E. R.); a definite settling down, hence matrimony, for a girl; cailín do chur i gcrích, to get a daughter married; cia hí an cailín a bheadh gan chrích? who is the girl who would remain unmarried? cur ó chrích, to seduce (U. and Con.). (In M., at least, this word is pron. críth, that is, the guttural c is not heard, except in pl.)

See <<creathán>>.

, m., utter destruction, perdition.

,-mhla, a., industrious, economic, diligent; tidy.

, -a, f., diligence, accuracy, industry; tidiness.

, -uighthe, m., act of ending, completing, fulfilling, finishing, accomplishing.

, -ughadh, p. p. -uighthe, v. tr., I end, complete, finish. accomplish.

, p. a., ended, completed, finished out and out; bitheamhnach críochnuighthe, a perfect robber; amadán críochnuighthe, a "finished" fool.

, -thighe a., final, complete; go c., finally.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a finisher.

, -e, -idhe, f., a cricket.

, -áin, m., a bruise, a sore, caused by a tight boot, horse-collar, etc. (also creagán).

, -íne, a., worn-out, withered, old, dry, sapless, brittle.

, -aigh, m., dry or decayed wood, withered leaves or branches; things dry and rotten with age.

, -aidh and -nuighthe, m., act of withering, growing old, fading.

(críonuighim)

, -adh, v. intr., I wither, grow old.

, -bhrait and -bhruit, pl. id., and -bhrata, m., an old, worn-out garment.

, -air, m., old refuse (of people) T. G.).

, -cán, -cánadh, v. intr., I strive.

, -aighe, a., withered-footed.

, -aigh, m., touchwood, dry brushwood.

, indec. a., wise, experienced, clever, shrewd, prudent, thrifty, old; sean-chríonna is generally used for wise, precocious, etc., while críonna means simply old in M.

, -a, f., wisdom, prudence, thrift, age, longevity; old, withered refuse.

, -óige, -óga, f., a wrinkle.

, g. creasa and cris, pl. creasanna, m., a girdle, a belt, a zone; a thigh.

, -aighe, a., tight, braced up, girdle-bound.

, -laigh, pl. id., m., a point where water and land meet; a limit, a border, a bosom, a fringe; the circling sea-shore; i gcrioslach na tíre, in the middle of the country.

, -aighe, f., a girding of the loins.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I gird, border, encircle.

, g. id., pl. -anna; Christ.

, indec. a., Christian; an teagasc críostaidhe, the Christian Doctrine.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a Christian; with neg., expressed or implied, no one; an raibh aoinne ann? críostaidhe. Was anybody there? Not a soul.

, -a, f., christianity.

, -ail, pl. id., m., crystal.

, -mhla, a., christian, virtuous, pious.

, -a, f., christianity, piety; mildness of manners.

(fallsa), m., pl., (false) christs.

, g. creatha, pl. creathanna, m., quaking, shivering, trembling; act of shaking, trembling (nom. often crith).

, vl. crioth and crith, v. intr., I tremble, I shiver, I shake.

, -áin, m., a kind of ague; the palsy; bronchitis (pron. criotán, Mayo).

, -aighe, a., trembling, quivering, shaking; asthmatic.

, -aire, a., exceedingly cold.

, -air, m., the ague, the palsy.

, -aighe, a., having the ague or palsy.

, -aig, pl. id., m., a corn-stalk. (?)

, -nighe, a., violently trembling.

, -uighthe, m., fear, dread; tremor; act of trembling, shaking. See <<creathnughadh>>.

, v. tr. and intr., I shake, tremble, quake. See <<creathnuighim>>.

, -lighe, a., purblind.

, g. creatha talmhan, pl. id., m., an earthquake.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a swaddling band.

, -reatha, m., quivering, shaking; the ague. See <<crioth>>.

, -thighe, a., shaking, trembling; crann critheach, an aspen tree.

, f., intense fear; fear causing trembling.

, -aighe, a., quaking for fear.

, -ála, f., knitting (prop. cniteáil).

, -thin, -theanna, m., an aspen tree, populus tremulus; also applied to a nervous woman.

, vl. crith, v. intr., I tremble, I shake. See <<criothaim>>.

, -e, f., a spark, a particle, a small portion; a trembling, as of land, etc.; a drinking cup; tonn crithire (somet. crithir), a quagmire, a swamp; crithir fola, a dropping of blood, an issue of blood; crithir chriadh, the crumbling surface of ploughed land when dry after rain (P. O'C.).

, -éil, -éalta, m., a shower.

, -righe, a., sparkling.

, g. id., pl. -óanna, m., a hut, a hovel, a booth, tent, fold, pen, cell; a prison, a fortress, a fortified hold; cró caorach, a sheep-fold; cró gabhar, a goat-fold; cró muc, a pig-sty; cró chaolaigh, a prison, a place of confinement made with stakes or wooden beams; dim. cróitín; cró Chuinn, Conn's fold, fig. for Ireland.

, g. id., pl. cródhanna, m., an eye or socket; an opening; a small hole; cró snáthaide, the eye of a needle; cró píopa, the bore of a pipe; cró catha, a fighting ring, a circle of combatants.

, g. id., pl. -dhanna and -ite, m., an iron bar, a crowbar; cró iarainn, a crowbar; also spelt cródh and gródh.

, g. id., f., gore, blood; death; gaethe cró, bloody spears; cosair chró, mass of gore; cf. phr., i gcosair chró, at death's door, in a mass of gore; ó d'íoc siúd an rígh-bhean a chíos leis an gcró, since the royal lady has paid his rent to death (O'Neachtain).

, g. cruibh and croibh, pl. id. crobha, crobhan and crobhanna, m., a paw, a claw, the hand from wrist to ringers; a handful; thug sé na ceithre croibh i n-áirde air, he turned it upside down, upset it.

, -e, -eacha, f., the quantity that may be grasped or held in the hand (of nuts or small fruid; a bunch, a cluster (from crobh, the fist); (also crobhang).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sturdy man, a strong-handed man; a stingy, close-fisted man.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a wrist; a little paw or hoof; a little handful.

, m., a binding chord; the rope that binds a fore-leg and a horn of a "thieving" cow.

, g. cruibh phréacháin, m., the herb crane's bill.

, g. id., f., a cattle-shed.

, g. -oiche, d. -oich, pl. -a, f., a cross; a gallows; a hooked bar over the fire for hanging pots from (crochadh is the word in Don.).

, -óich, m., saffron; cream (Clare).

, g. id., m., a crock (A.).

, -chta, m., act of hanging; the penalty of hanging; the chain of a pot (U.).; ar c., hanged, hanging up.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a pendulum, a pendant; a tassel.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a hangman; a traitor, a villain (crochaire is more common in the latter sense).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a potter, a pitcher-maker.

, vl. crochadh, p. p. crochta, v. tr. and intr., I hang, crucify.

g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a traitor, a villain; a hangman; a "hanger," a name for a stiffjointed or lean animal, as a sheep; crochairidhe caorach, stiffjointed, loan, or miserable-looking sheep; an Crochaire Tárnochttha, the Naked Hangman, a character in Ulster folk-tales; a hanger-on, a lazy fellow (Don.).

, m., a pot (prop. corcán, which see).

, -air, pl. id., m., a bier; fá chosaibh do chróchair, supporting the ends of thy bier (Fer.).

, -aidh, pl. id., m., a hearse.

, m., a hearse (Om.) (the word is pron. crodh-charn). See <<cróchar>>.

, p. a., hanged, crucified, suspended.

, g. id., m., cattle; riches, treasure, property, chattels; a dowry; compensation (also crudh, cruth).

(from cró, valour), indec. a., brave, valiant, heroic; mighty (pron. cróga, M.; cróda, Don.).

, -a (from cró, valour), f., valour, might, bravery (pron. crógacht).

, -tighe, a., blood-thirsty; bloody; in pools of blood.

, -óige, óga, f., a paw, a clutch. See <<crág>>.

, or croga, a crook (also croca A.).

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., the tholepin of a boat.

, -aill, pl. id., m., a crocodile.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a pitcher, a crock.

, -óigeadh, v. tr., I put on end; "foot," as turf (Don.).

, m., a crowbar.

, -éil, pl. id., m., coral.

, m., one's full strength.

, -aire, a., strong-handed.

, g. -cinn, pl. -cne and -cinn, m., a skin, a hide; rind, peel; the bark of a tree; an dara croiceann, the inner bark of a tree; croiceann gan choingheall, an inhuman, heartless man; c. do chur ar phúnt, to put a pound together; is bog atá do chroiceann ort, what a generous view you take of the matter; c. do chur ar scéal, to make a story look plausible; tá c. ar do chainnt, you speak to the point.

, -nighe, a., skinny; skin-like; hide-like; croicnidhe, id.

, g. id., f., a cross.

, -oige, -oga, f., a pendulum.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, gpl. croidhtheadh, m., the heart; love, affection; briseadh c., m., heartbreaking; croidhe-bhrúighteacht, contrition of heart; croidhe istigh, inner heart, a term of endearment; croidhe na baise, palm of the hand; croidhe do dheárnann, the centre of thy palm; crádh croidhe, anguish; a disease in hens.

, -dhigh, a., hearty, stout, brave.

, -e, a., kind-hearted, clement.

, -a, f., kindness, cordiality, friendship.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small bud; the inner core of anything; the kernel in core of a spherical body, as a ball of thread, an apple, etc.

, -mhla, a., hearty, generous.

, -eirge, a., scarlet, crimson, blood-red.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the inner core, the portion of a potato remaining after sets (scioltáin) have been cut off for sowing.

, g. id., f., lameness, impotence, want of power in any member of the body; racking pain, torture, distemper, disease; cróilidhe an bháis, the extreme agonies of death.

, indec. a., sick, infirm.

, -thighe, a., weak, sickly, infirm.

, f., lying in gore, in death; i gc. bháis, in the agony of death. See <<cróilidhe>>.

, f., a pool of blood.

, -tighe, a., dripping with blood; in pools of blood.

, m., a winding glen.

, f., a large monumental stone laid horizontally; a cromleac (recently formed from the Welsh word cromlech?).

, f., a crooked knife (surgical instrument).

, -aighe, a., having stooped shoulders; crooked-backed.

, g. id., f., swarthiness; blackness; a stain.

, -e, pl. id. and -idhe, f., a chronicle.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a chronicler.

, -cle, -clidhe, f., anything weak or tottering; sean-chroinicil mairte, an old rickety cow (Don.).

See <<cros>>.

, -aighe, a., cross-mouthed.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small cross, used as a mark; a crutch (U.); a long instrument for cutting seaweed.

, -nighe, a., having crutches; lame.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I bind up, envelop.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small hut for sheep or cattle; dim. of cró, a hut, etc.

, p. a., shaken out, tossed, waved, sprinkled; done up, fagged, exhausted; with the essence shaken out (as a mealsack shaken when almost empty).

, m., a pit or dyke of blood.

, -lot, v. tr., I wound dangerously so as to draw blood.

, p. a., mortally wounded.

, g. cruime, a., bent, bowed.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a finger length, two nails; not declined after numerals; crom in Con.

, -mtha, m., the act of stooping, bending, reaching; bowing down in reverence; bending under the weight of years; idir cromadh is liathadh dhó, as he is getting stooped and growing grey.

, m., ar mo ch., in a stooping posture (Aran).

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I bend down, stoop, crouch, bow, swoop; cromadh ar, to set about (doing a thing); cromaim ar obair an lae, I set about the day's work; do chrom sé ar ghol, he began to weep.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the hip, the hip bone; a crooked surgical instrument; a fishing gaff; a portion of a spinning wheel (prop. tromán).

, -áin, -ána, m., a crow; a kite; cos chromáin, crowsfoot, coldfoot, or coltsfoot.

, m., a fire shovel.

, m., siting on the haunches, as cannibals at a feast (W. Ker.).

, m., a moustache.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a fisherman's gaff. See <<cromán>>.

See <<croimleac>>.

, -uis, pl. id., m., poppy.

, -óige, -óga, f., a hook, a crook, a clasp, a gallows, a skirret; the hook in the upper jaw of a trout (Don.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a gnarled tree stump, etc. See <<crampán>>.

, m., a downcast eye; crom-shúil, id.

, -lighe, a., bent-eyed, downcast.

, p. a., bent, crooked; bent with age.

, -óin, m., a croon, a hum. See <<crónán>>.

, -óine, a., brown, dun-coloured, swarthy, black-nosed, copper-coloured; ceann-aghaidh crón, a black-faced (sheep) (Ker.).

, -aigh -aighe, m., a funeral dirge.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lamenter, a mourner; a coroner; an c. gallta, the English coroner (Don.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a humming or buzzing sound (as of a bee, beetle, or insect); any dull note long continued; the noise of a kettle beginning to boil; the drone of a bagpipe; the bass in music; an indistinctly sung tune; a croon; act of humming or singing in a low, indistinct voice; a refrain, a chorus, often with merely lilt-words (crónán is dim. of crón, a hum, etc., and has itself a dim., crónáinín).

, -aighe, a., given to humming, buzzing.

, indec. a., copper-coloured.

, -óige, -óga, f., the prow of a ship or boat.

, -phuic, pl. id., m., a swarthy buck (often applied to the English invaders).

, m., dusk, eventide (Ker.).

, m., a dark-green sea (Ker.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I explain; hinder; blame, find fault; I blush (intr.).

, -oise, -osa, f., a cross; crossroads; a market-place; an affliction; a prohibition; the haft of a knife or sword; go crois, to the haft; tar a chrois, in spite of his prohibition; in pl., misfortune.

, -aighe, a., streaked; striped; crossed; caora ch., a black-faced sheep; pock-marked (Con. and U.)

, -áin, pl. id., m., a sea bird; a kind of sea-pigeon; crosán, id.

, -adh, v. tr., I cross, threaten, prevent, forbid; I recant a curse or malediction; go mbristear do chnámha - agus crosaim thú, may your bones be broken but I take off the curse again, I cross you.

, g. id., m., cross-roads (Con.).

, -a, f., a sort of versification.

, indec. a., perverse, obstinate.

, -air, -óithre, m., crossroads; a perverse, crooked path (chiefly in pl.).

, a., smitten across, cut through.

, -óige, -óga, f., a burden rope for carrying hay, corn, etc.; the burden so carried; a bundle; c. scuir, a little folded bundle of flax after being combed; a cross, a cross-emblem worn on St. Patrick's Day.

, a., golden-crossed; gold-guarded.

, indec. a., crooked, perverse; prohibited; difficult; unruly, mischievous (of children); cross, illtempered; crosswise; tháinig sé crosta orm, he met me, he came across me; ní fhéadfadh sé gan teacht crosta ortha, he could not avoid meeting them.

, -ála, f., unruliness, mischief (of children, cattle, etc.); dul i gc., to go into a forbidden place (as of cattle going into corn).

, a., unruly, impish, mischievous; cross, difficult (of a way or route).

, -a, m., appearance, shape, beauty; is olc an c. atá air, he looks ill; níl aon ch. air sin, that is ill-formed or shaped, improbable (of a story, etc.); tá crot an bháis air, he looks like a dying man (M.); the Don. word is crotal; no doubt crot is another form of cruth; crot refers to appearance; cruth rather to shape and form.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a curlew.

, -aighe, a., hunch-backed.

, -aighe, a., formidable (G. J.).

, -oithte, m., act of shaking, flapping, wagging; scattering, sprinkling.

, vl. crothadh and crathadh, v. tr., I shake, wave, flap, sprinkle. See <<crathaim>>.

, -ail, m., the rind of a kernel; a kernel; the awns of barley, rye, etc.; rind, husk, refuse; the sediment at the bottom of a liquid: the name of a lichen from which a dye is made; crotal cloch, a lichen or scruff of stones used in dyeing red.

, -ail, m., look, appearance; tá droch-chrotal ort indiu, you look ill today (Don.). See <<crot>>.

, indec. a., husky, containing sediment or refuse.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a pendant; a little cluster cut off a bunch of grapes (B.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I notice; I miss (U.); chrothnuigh mé a dhíth orm é, I noticed his being missing, I missed him (Don.); char chrothnuigh mé é, I didn't miss him (Mon.; chuir mé crothnughadh ann, I took notice of it (Con.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a crow; a species of pollock (Ker.); crothóg liath, the grey crow.

-uighthe, m., act of proving, of creating, forming, shaping; proof, evidence.

, m., blood, gore; race, family. See <<cró>>.

, g. cruaiche, pl. -a, f., a heap, a stack, a rick, a clamp (of turf); the heap of meal, corn, etc., above the mouth of a vessel when overflowing; a symmetrically shaped mountain; na Cruacha, the Reeks in Kerry; na Cruacha Gorma, the Bluestack mountains in Co. Don.

, -aighe, a., full of heaps, piles, ricks; stacks; full of hills, mounds, hillocks.

, -adh, v. tr., I heap, pile up; stack (as hay or corn).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little rick or stack, a small heap; a little hill or mound.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little fish found in bolláin (pools of water in rock-cavities) when tide is out, 1½ to 2 inches in length, and in shape like a porpoise (also called cloigean).

, f., dwarf clubrush (scirpus cespitosus).

, -aiche Phádraig, f., the herb plantain (plantago latifolia).

(cruaidh-)

, hard, firm, difficult, severe. In early Irish it seems to mean loud; hence, possibly, the terms cruadh-chruit, etc.

, -aighe, a., of or belonging to steel; as subs., steel (C. and U.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a miser.

, -ála, f., covetousness, stinginess; courage, danger, inhumanity, adversity, hardship, distress, penury.

, -dhadh, v. tr. and intr., I harden up, grow stiff; do chruaidh an saoghal air, affairs turned out unluckily for him; do chruaidh a chroidhe, he grew hard-hearted (also cruaidhim).

, -ail, m., chatting, talking (E. U.); very probably a local form of comhluadar.

, -áile, f., hardness, cruelty (Der.).

, -aighe, a., hard, hardy (Don.).

, -aighe, a., sore, cruel; stingy, desperate, ruthless, hardy, hard-hearted; cruaidh cruadálach, hard and stingy.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the fish called the gurnet (also cnúdán).

, -a, m., temper, sharpness; hardness, rigour, strength.

, -bhroide, f., harsh bondage; difficulty; press of business.

, -áis, pl. id., m. difficulty, distress, hardship, danger, sad plight.

, -nighe, a., hidebound; stingy, mean.

, -dhighe, a., stiff-hearted; hard-hearted, niggardly, stingy.

, m., severe slavery.

, -sighe, a., difficult, calamitous; hardy.

, -losa, pl. id., m., sneezewort, white hellebore.

, -aighe, a., stiffnecked; hard, strong.

, -óige, -óga, f., hardship, distress; haste; pressure, difficulty; cá c. orm, I am pressed for time, hurried; c. ola, a sick call to a priest (Aran); distress, necessity.

, -aighe, a., needy, necessitous, difficult, hard-working cruadh-shnaidhm, g. -shnaidhme, pl. -shnadhmanna and -shnadhmacha, f., hard knot, tie or bond.

, -áin, pl. id., m., difficulty, hardship, distress; lámh an chruadhtáin, the hand of misery; an cruadhtan, the busy season.

, -uighthe, m., act of growing stiff, hardening, becoming solid.

, -ughadh, -dhadh, and cruadhachtain, v. tr. and intr., I harden, stiffen, dry, as grain in a kiln; I assume the solid state; I grow hardy, enduring, callous.

, -e, hard, firm; difficult, severe, close; go c., severely, keenly, strongly, closely.

, -dhe, f., steel; pron. cruaig (M.), cruadhach, id. (Con. and U.).

, -aighe, a., hard-mouthed.

, -ail, m., a severe bond or fetter.

, -e, -eanna, f., a difficulty; a hard problem.

, -dhis, m., hardship. See <<cruadhas>>.

, -a, -artha, m., a difficult task.

, -e, a., firmly tough.

, -théid, m., a strong rope or cord.

(cruadhas)

, g. -ais, m., difficulty; hardness, penuriousness; rigour, strength.

, -aighe, a., hard, rigorous.

, -úibhe, -úbha, f., the nave of a wheel.

, -úibe, -úba, f., a claw, a hoof or paw; poet., a hoofed animal, a cow; tiocfaidh an dúthchas thríd na crúbaibh agus leanfaidh an chú girrfhiadh (prov.).

, -aighe, a., club-footed.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., an animal having paws or claws; an awkward man, a clown; a grasping, avaricious person.

, f., bird's foot (ornithopus).

, -adh, v. tr., I paw, scratch, spurn.

, f., columbine (aquilegia vulgaris).

, f., common lady's mantle (alchemilla vulgaris).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a crab-fish; a crooked person or beast.

, -óige, -óga, f., a knot in weaving; thrums at the end of a piece in weaving; a species of large crab-fish.

, g. id., pl. -idhe and -dha, m., a hook, a hinge; a crook; the human hands (said of grasping persons); is deacair é d'fhagháil as a chrúcaidhibh, it is difficult to get it out of his claws; a handful.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a J-shaped rod with which straw ropes are twisted (Ker.); cor shúgán, id.

, g. -uidh, pl. -a, -uidhthe, -uidhtheacha, and -uitheacha, m., a horse's shoe; an iron heel; na cruitheacha d'ionntughadh (or a thionntughadh), to change the shoes (Don.).

, -úidhte, m., act of milking.

, -adh (p. a., cruidhte), v. tr., I milk; met., I obtain secrets or money by a gradual process from one.

, -adh, v. tr., I shoe (a horse, etc.).

, or crugdán, a gurnard (also cnúdán, 7c.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little hoof; crúibín muice, a pig's trotter; a cranberry; a currant-like wild berry (Aran).

, -cthe, m., act of lifting turf-sods into small heaps for purposes of drying; "footing" turf (Ker.); in Galway the word is gruaigeadh; in Don., cróigeadh or crógadh; in parts of Ker., cnuchairt.

See <<cuirceog>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a kingfisher.

, p. a., shod (as a horse).

, p. a., milked; deprived of one's secret or money by an insinuating and gradual process; emptied out.

, -tighe, a., accustomed to milk (cows, etc.).

, -tigh, -tighe, m., a milker.

, -e, -umha, gpl. -umh, f., a worm.

, f., crookedness; a stoop.

, -a, f., crookedness, stoopedness.

, -eáin, pl. id., or -eána, m., a stooped shoulder; a hunchback; also croim-sh.

, -e, a., round, circular, exact, complete, accurate, solid; rational, having the use of reason, intelligent; dá ríribh cruinn, quite in earnest.

, g. id., f., the round world, globe, universe; the solar system; roundness; accuracy; thugas 'un cruinne é, I saw, discovered it clearly (of objects seen through a telescope).

, g. id., f., dew, mist, moisture; bhaineas an chruinne d'a ruithne le rinn-scuabaigh, which takes the dew from her feet by its long-sweeping (O'Ra.); cruinneach, m., id.

, -áin, pl. id. m., a mass, a heap; a coronet.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a gatherer.

, -nis, m., accuracy, sense, discretion, understanding; níl aon chruinneas ann, he has no discretion (said of a person having scarce the use of reason); thug sé 'un c., he observed (Con.).

, -oige, -oga, f., a round bundle; do rinneadar c. díom, they rolled me up like a ball.

, m., geography.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a geographer.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I hoard, heap together, gather, gather together.

, p. a., gathered, gathered together, amassed.

, -ighthe, m., act of gathering, hoarding, assembling; a congregation, a gathering.

, -éara, -idhe, m., a crupper (A.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., pitcher, small jar, jug, "cruiskeen."

, -aigh, m., common red grass.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a lamp.

, -e, -eanna, f., a harp, a lyre, a violin.

, -e, -eanna, f., a hump on the back, a little eminence; summit; cruit an tighe, the roof of the house (U.).

, -tighe, a., hunch-backed, gibbous (also crutach).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a dwarf, a hunchback.

, -oige, -oga, f., a female harper.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a curtain; a bed-curtain.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a hump on the back; a hunchback; the king-fisher bird; dim. of cruit.

, a., hunch-backed (used in contempt of anybody).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a harper, a musician.

, -a, f., corn, wheat; c. luachramhail, rush-like wheat-grass; c. bhruimsean, couch-grass.

, -uimhe, f., a worm, a maggot; crumhóg, id. See <<cruimh>>.

, -aighe, a., full of worms or maggots.

See <<cromaim>>.

See <<cromán>>.

, -aighe, a., full of maggots.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a bent or decrepid person; one in a crouching posture; c. sean-duine, a bent old man.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I miss, feel the want of; ní chrunthuighthear an t-uisce go dtriomuighthear an tobar, the water is not missed till the well is dry (Don.) (a mis-spelling of crothnuighim).

, -aighe, a., contracted, shrunk.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., an awkward clown.

, a., stiff, puckered; níl sé crupaidhe, he is nimble (Om.); c. ar a chéile, shrivelled up (for cruptha or craptha).

, -adh, v. tr., I shrink, contract, shrivel. See <<crapaim>>.

, -áin, m., a disease in cattle (Don.).

, -óige, -oga, f., a wrinkle.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a puffin, a kind of sea-bird (Ker.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a jug; a small box or coffer.

, -lte, m., a bloody flux.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a crust; a clod, a missile; a close-fisted person; tá sé 'na ch. aige, he has killed him, turned him into a clod.

, -áil, v. tr., I throw missiles, clods, etc., at; also crústuighim.

, g. crotha, pl. id. (also, g. cruithe, d. cruith, pl. crutha), m. (somet. f.), figure, form, state, shape, appearance; i gc., in such wise, so, so that; ar ch., in the form of; i gc. go, so that. See <<crot>>.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a curlew.

, -aighe, a., well-formed, shapely.

, -a, f., creation.

, -mhla, a., shapely, beautiful.

, -ais, m., proof, evidence.

, -áis, m., canvas (A.). See cnathfás.

, -uighthe, m., act of creating, shaping, forming; proving; a creation; behaving.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I create, form, fashion, mould; behave; succeed, get on.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I prove; I experience; cruthuigh sé go maith, he behaved well.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., the creator, the Maker; a creator.