creach

See also: Creach

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

creach (plural creachs)

  1. (regional, Ireland, Scotland) an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
  2. booty, prey

Verb

creach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)

  1. (transitive) to raid, plunder

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)

  1. raid, incursion, plunder

Declension
Declension of creach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative creach creacha
Vocative a creach a creacha
Genitive creiche creach
Dative creach creacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an creach na creacha
Genitive na creiche na creach
Dative leis an creach

don creach

 leis na creacha

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Irish creach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲʰɾʲɛx/

Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)

  1. booty, plunder, prey, quarry
  2. destruction, disaster, ruin, devastation

Derived terms

Verb

creach (past chreach, future creachaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachte)

  1. rob, plunder
  2. ruin
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