creamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, and Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲãuh/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha)

1. wild garlic, ramsons

Declension

Declension of creamh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative creamh Vocative a chreamh Genitive creamha Dative creamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an creamh Genitive an chreamha Dative leis an gcreamh don chreamh

Derived terms

• creamh (na) muice fia (“hart's-tongue, scolopendrium”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creamh	chreamh	gcreamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 80, page 52

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, and Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲɛ̃v/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)

1. gentian
2. hart's tongue fern
3. garlic
4. leeks
5. elecampane
6. beer

Synonyms

• (garlic): gairleag f

Derived terms

• creamh-gàrraidh m, creamh-ghàraidh m (“chives; leek”)
• creamh mac-féidh m (“asparagus; hart's tongue fern; elecampane”)
• creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich m (“asparagus; hart's tongue fern”)
• creamh nan creag m (“rocambole”, literally “rock garlic”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “creamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language