críoch

See also: crìoch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crích (“boundary, limit, end”) (compare Scottish Gaelic crìoch).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cɾʲiːx/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cɾʲiəx/

Noun

críoch f (genitive singular críche, nominative plural críocha)

limit; boundary
1. terminal point
region, territory
end; completion, conclusion; fulfilment, settlement
furrow
purpose

Declension

Declension of críoch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	críoch	críocha
Vocative	a chríoch	a chríocha
Genitive	críche	críoch
Dative	críoch crích (in certain phrases)	críocha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chríoch	na críocha
Genitive	na críche	na gcríoch
Dative	leis an gcríoch don chríoch	leis na críocha

Derived terms

Terms derived from críoch

ardchríoch (“highland”)
bailchríoch (“finishing touch”)
críochaigh (“demarcate”, transitive verb)
críoch-cheol (“finale”)

dea-chríoch (“good end; happy outcome”)
droch-chríoch (“bad end, badly reduced state”)
eachtarchríoch (“foreign territory”)
fótaichríoch (“photo finish”)

i gcrích (“to completion”)
ísealchríoch (“lowland”)
mórchríoch (“landmass”)

Related terms

críochnaigh (“finish”, verb)

Verb

críoch

Alternative form of críochaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
críoch	chríoch	gcríoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"críoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“end” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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