Re: Pablo is back, Job, Argentina, Relay, Lord of the Rings

Stephen Mulraney scripsit:

> So not much similar to "crebain", except the second syllable of "préachán".
> I'd suggest that a number of these forms - crebain, corvinus, (préaCHÁN ?),
> crow, corby are slightly inspired by the sound of the bird. Though they're
> all words (except crebain?) for crow rather than raven.
No, "craban" pl. "crebain" means "crow", all right.

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