cràbhadh

Etymology

From Old Irish crábud (“piety, devotion, religion”), from Proto-Celtic *krāb- (“devotion, religious practice”), of unknown origin (compare Welsh crefydd with the suffix -ydd). Pokorny compares Sanskrit श्रम्भते (śrambhate, “to trust”) and constructs a Proto-Indo-European *ḱrebʰ- (“to trust”), but Matasović calls this "formally extremely difficult" due to the lengthened grade in Celtic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰraːvəɣ/

Noun

cràbhadh m (genitive singular cràbhaidh, plural cràbhaidhean)

piety, devoutness

Derived terms

saobh-chràbhadh

Related terms

cràbhach

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “krabi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 220-21

Scottish Gaelic