creamh

Irish

Creamh i gContae Aontroma

Alternative forms

• cneamh

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus, from Proto-Indo-European *krémwōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk, Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”), Russian черемша́ (čeremšá) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž and Serbo-Croatian srȇmuš.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲãuh/, /cɾʲɔuhˀ/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, uncountable)

1. wild garlic, ramsons, Allium ursinum

Declension

Declension of creamh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative creamh vocative a chreamh genitive creamha dative creamh forms with the definite article singular nominative an creamh genitive an chreamha dative leis an gcreamh don chreamh

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of creamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
creamh	chreamh	gcreamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “creaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, pages 261–262; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “creamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲɛ̃v/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, nominative plural creamhan)

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

Synonyms

• (garlic): gairleag f

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutation of creamh

radical	lenition
creamh	chreamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “creamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language