cretoor

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish crétúir (modern Irish créatúr), ultimately from Late Latin creātūra, likely via English creature or a Romance language.

Noun

cretoor m (genitive singular cretoor, plural cretooryn)

  1. creature, animal

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
cretoorchretoorgretoor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “crétúir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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