Irish

Alternative forms

• cruadhach (obsolete)

Noun

cruach f ‎(genitive singular cruach)

1. steel (metal alloy)

Declension

Derived terms

• cruach charbóin ‎(“carbon steel”)
• giotár cruach ‎(“steel guitar”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish crúach ‎(“stack; mountain, hill”).

Noun

cruach f ‎(genitive singular cruaiche, nominative plural cruacha)

1. stack (of corn or hay), pile
2. (geography) hill, mountain

Declension

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish crúach ‎(“stack of corn; rick; heap, conical pile; mountain, hill”).

Noun

cruach f ‎(genitive singular cruaiche, plural cruachan)

1. pile, heap, stack

Derived terms

• cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach ‎(“snug as a bug in a rug”, literally “snug as a mouse in a haystack”)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

cruach ‎(past chruach, future cruachaidh, verbal noun cruachadh, past participle cruachte)

1. pile or heap up
2. make into a stack