creamh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish crem (“dog's leek, wild garlick leek, gentian, buckrams”).
Noun
creamh m (genitive singular creamha)
Declension
Declension of creamh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- creamh (na) muice fia (“hart's-tongue, scolopendrium”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish crem (“dog's leek, wild garlick leek, gentian, buckrams”).
Noun
creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)
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”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “creamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 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
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns
- ga:Alliums
- ga:Spices and herbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Alliums
- gd:Ferns
- gd:Gentianales order plants
- gd:Spices and herbs
- gd:Vegetables