cruithneachd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • croineachd
  • cruineachd

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 Irish cruithneacht and Manx curnaght.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾɯɲəxk/

Noun

cruithneachd f

  1. wheat

Derived terms
  • aran-cruithneachd (“wheat bread”)
  • brochan-cruithneachd (“flummery”)
  • cruithneachd-buidhe (“buckwheat”)

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruithneachd”, 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), “cruithnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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