# creach
## English
### Alternative forms

* creagh

### Etymology

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.

### Noun

creach (plural creachs)
* (regional, Ireland, Scotland) an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
* booty, prey

### Verb

creach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)
* (transitive) to raid, plunder

### Anagrams

* cacher

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cɾʲax/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate with Manx cragh and Scottish Gaelic creach.

#### Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, nominative plural creacha)
* raid, incursion, plunder

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
creach
creacha
vocative
a chreach
a chreacha
genitive
creiche
creach
dative
creach creich (archaic, dialectal)
creacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chreach
na creacha
genitive
na creiche
na gcreach
dative
leis an gcreach leis an gcreich (archaic, dialectal) don chreach don chreich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na creacha :

##### Descendants

* → English: creach

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish crechaid (“to plunder”), from the noun.

#### Verb

creach (present analytic creachann, future analytic creachfaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachta)
* to plunder, pillage, sack, loot, despoil
* to rob, raid, rifle
* to harry, ravage
* to ruin (cause the fiscal ruin of, bankrupt)
* (hematology, surgery) to cauterize
* (obsolete) to mark, stain

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | creachaim | creachann tú; creachair$^†$ | creachann sé, sí | creachaimid | creachann sibh | creachann siad; creachaid$^†$ | a chreachann; a chreachas / a gcreachann* | creachtar |
| indicative | past | chreach mé; chreachas | chreach tú; chreachais | chreach sé, sí | chreachamar; chreach muid | chreach sibh; chreachabhair | chreach siad; chreachadar | a chreach / ar chreach* | creachadh |
| indicative | past habitual | chreachainn / gcreachainn‡‡ | chreachtá / gcreachtá‡‡ | chreachadh sé, sí / gcreachadh sé, sí‡‡ | chreachaimis; chreachadh muid / gcreachaimis‡‡; gcreachadh muid‡‡ | chreachadh sibh / gcreachadh sibh‡‡ | chreachaidís; chreachadh siad / gcreachaidís‡‡; gcreachadh siad‡‡ | a chreachadh / a gcreachadh* | chreachtaí / gcreachtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | creachfaidh mé; creachfad | creachfaidh tú; creachfair$^†$ | creachfaidh sé, sí | creachfaimid; creachfaidh muid | creachfaidh sibh | creachfaidh siad; creachfaid$^†$ | a chreachfaidh; a chreachfas / a gcreachfaidh* | creachfar |
| conditional | conditional | chreachfainn / gcreachfainn‡‡ | chreachfá / gcreachfá‡‡ | chreachfadh sé, sí / gcreachfadh sé, sí‡‡ | chreachfaimis; chreachfadh muid / gcreachfaimis‡‡; gcreachfadh muid‡‡ | chreachfadh sibh / gcreachfadh sibh‡‡ | chreachfaidís; chreachfadh siad / gcreachfaidís‡‡; gcreachfadh siad‡‡ | a chreachfadh / a gcreachfadh* | chreachfaí / gcreachfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcreacha mé; go gcreachad$^†$ | go gcreacha tú; go gcreachair$^†$ | go gcreacha sé, sí | go gcreachaimid; go gcreacha muid | go gcreacha sibh | go gcreacha siad; go gcreachaid$^†$ | — | go gcreachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcreachainn | dá gcreachtá | dá gcreachadh sé, sí | dá gcreachaimis; dá gcreachadh muid | dá gcreachadh sibh | dá gcreachaidís; dá gcreachadh siad | — | dá gcreachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | creachaim | creach | creachadh sé, sí | creachaimis | creachaigí; creachaidh$^†$ | creachaidís | — | creachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh | creachadh |
| past participle | past participle | creachta | creachta | creachta | creachta | creachta | creachta | creachta | creachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Synonyms

* (plunder): slad
* (rob): robáil
* (harry): loit, scrios
* (cauterize): loisc, poncloisc

##### Derived terms

* creachach
* creachadóir
* creachadóireacht

#### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creaċaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 13, page 21
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.77, page 90
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 418, page 136

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* creagh

### Etymology

From Middle Irish crech (“plunder”). Cognate to Manx cragh and Irish creach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʲʰɾʲɛx/

### Noun

creach f (genitive singular creiche, plural creachan)
* booty, plunder, prey, quarry
* destruction, disaster, ruin, devastation

#### Derived terms

* eun-creiche
* mo chreach

#### Descendants

* → English: creach

### Verb

creach (past chreach, future creachaidh, verbal noun creachadh, past participle creachte)
* rob, plunder
* ruin

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.