criathar

Irish

From Old Irish críathar, from Proto-Celtic *krētros (whence also Welsh crwydr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-trom.

criathar m (genitive singular criathair or créithir, nominative plural criathair or créithre)

sieve, riddle (sieve with coarse meshes), screen (material woven from fine wires)
Synonyms: síothlán, rilleán
sifter (tool for sifting)
Synonym: scagaire

Standard declension:

Declension of criathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an criathar	na criathair
Genitive	an chriathair	na gcriathar
Dative	leis an gcriathar don chriathar	leis na criathair

Alternative declension:

Declension of criathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an criathar	na créithre
Genitive	an chréithir	na gcréithre
Dative	leis an gcriathar don chriathar	leis na créithre

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
criathar	chriathar	gcriathar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“criathar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “críathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “criaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20

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