creathán

Irish

Etymology 1

From creath (“to tremble”) +‎ -án.

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

  1. tremble, quiver, tremor
  2. tremolo
  3. (in the plural, informal) yips
Derived terms
  • creathán bainne (“milkshake”)
  • creathán talún (“earth(quake) tremor”)

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

  1. Alternative form of creachán

Noun

creathán m (genitive singular creatháin, nominative plural creatháin)

  1. Alternative form of crothán

Declension
Declension of creathán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative creathán creatháin
Vocative a chreatháin a chreathána
Genitive creatháin creathán
Dative creathán creatháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an creathán na creatháin
Genitive an chreatháin na gcreathán
Dative leis an gcreathán

don chreathán

 leis na creatháin

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

Further reading
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