cruithneacht

Irish
cruithneacht

Etymology

From Old Irish cruithnecht, from a compound whose second element is Proto-Celtic *nixtos (“winnowed, wheat”) (compare Welsh gwe-nith (“wheat”) from *uɸo-nixtos), from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”). Cognate with Manx curnaght and Scottish Gaelic cruithneachd.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɪ(h)nʲəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞hnʲa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

cruithneacht f (genitive singular cruithneachta)

  1. wheat (grain)

Declension
Declension of cruithneacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative cruithneacht
Vocative a chruithneacht
Genitive cruithneachta
Dative cruithneacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an chruithneacht
Genitive na cruithneachta
Dative leis an gcruithneacht

don chruithneacht

Derived terms
  • arán cruithneachta (“wheat bread”)
  • cruithneacht earraigh (“spring wheat”)
  • cruithneacht gheimhridh (“winter wheat”)
  • fásann cogal roimh chruithneacht (“ill weeds grow apace”)
  • lúb na cruithneacha (“double moss stitch”)
  • plúr cruithneachta (“wheat flour”)

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

Further reading
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