cruithneachd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • croineachd
  • cruineachd

Etymology

From Old Irish cruithnecht, compound of cruith (“red”) and necht (“clean, pure”), from Proto-Celtic *nixtos (compare Welsh gwenith (“wheat”), from Proto-Celtic *wo-nixts), from Proto-Indo-European *nikʷtós (compare Ancient Greek ἄνιπτος (ániptos, “unclean”), Sanskrit निक्त (niktá, “washed, cleansed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”) (compare Scottish Gaelic nigh). More at nigh.

Noun

cruithneachd f

  1. wheat

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “cruithnecht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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