cruimh

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnuimh

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From Old Irish cruim, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrimis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”).

Noun

cruimh f (genitive singular cruimhe, nominative plural cruimheanna or crumha)

1. grub, larva, maggot, worm

Declension

Declension of cruimh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cruimh cruimheanna Vocative a chruimh a chruimheanna Genitive cruimhe cruimheanna Dative cruimh cruimheanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chruimh na cruimheanna Genitive na cruimhe na gcruimheanna Dative leis an gcruimh don chruimh leis na cruimheanna

Alternative declension

Declension of cruimh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cruimh crumha Vocative a chruimh a chrumha Genitive cruimhe crumha Dative cruimh crumha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chruimh na crumha Genitive na cruimhe na gcrumha Dative leis an gcruimh don chruimh leis na crumha

Synonyms

• larbha
• péist
• péisteog bhán

Derived terms

• cruimh arbhair f (“corn weevil”)
• cruimh chadáis f (“boll weevil”)
• cruimh cháise f (“cheese-maggot”)
• cruimh chapaill f (“grub of tiger moth”)
• cruimh ithreach f (“larva of beetle”)
• cruimh phucháin f (“fluke-worm”)
• cruimh snáthaide móire f (“crane-fly grub, leather-jacket”)
• cruimheach (“maggoty”, adjective)
• crumhóg f (“maggot”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruimh	chruimh	gcruimh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN