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creagh

creagh is the alternative form of creach.

Meaning of creach

Noun

creach (plural creachs)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
  2. booty, prey

See all 4 meanings of creach

Proper noun capitalized: Creagh

Creagh (plural Creaghs)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of creagh

Noun
pluralcreaghs
Verb
third-person singular presentcreaghs
present participlecreaghing
past participlecreaghed
pastcreaghed
Proper noun
pluralCreaghs

Origin of creagh

Anglicized form of Irish Craobhach, an epithet of the O'Neill dynasty deriving from the adjective craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creevy, Cray.

Questions about creagh

What does creagh mean?
Creagh means a surname from Irish.
What is creagh the alternative form of?
Creagh is the alternative form of creach.
What part of speech is creagh?
Creagh is a proper noun.

Words near creagh in the dictionary

  1. creadit
  2. creadits
  3. Creagan
  4. Creager
  5. Creagers
  6. creagh
  7. creaghed
  8. creaghing
  9. creaghs
  10. creaght
  11. creaghts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: creagh (page history and authors); Creagh (page history and authors); creach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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