From Old Irish críathar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (whence also Welsh crwydr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-trom.
criathar m (genitive singular criathair or créithir, nominative plural criathair or créithre)
- sieve, riddle (sieve with coarse meshes), screen (material woven from fine wires)
- Synonyms: síothlán, rilleán
- sifter (tool for sifting)
- Synonym: scagaire
Standard declension:
Alternative declension:
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “críathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
- “criathar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “criaṫar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “criathar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN