corra-ghritheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From corra + Old Irish grith (“shout, scream”) + -ach.

Noun

corra-ghritheach f (genitive singular corra-ghrithich, plural corran-ghritheach)

  1. heron, grey heron; stork; crane

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
corra-ghritheachchorra-ghritheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “corra-ghritheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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