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cruach.

steel (metal alloy)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɾˠuəx//kɾˠɔx/(in the phrase cruach fhéirUlster
  1. steel (metal alloy)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From crua (“hard”) + -ach.

verb/kɾˠuəx//kɾˠɔx/(in the phrase cruach fhéirUlster
  1. to stack, pile

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish crúachaid (“to heap, pile”), from crúach (“heap, pile”).

noun/kɾˠuəx//kɾˠɔx/(in the phrase cruach fhéirUlster
  1. stack (of corn or hay), pile

    feminine
  2. hill, mountain

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish crúach, from Old Irish crúach (“stack; mountain, hill”), from Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“heap”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewH- (“to heap up”), shared with Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”), Lithuanian kruvà (“heap”).

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