cruimheach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| PIE word |
|---|
| *kʷŕ̥mis |
From cruimh (“grub, larva, maggot, worm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
cruimheach (genitive singular masculine cruimhigh, genitive singular feminine cruimhí, plural cruimheacha, comparative cruimhí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of cruimheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cruimheach | chruimheach | cruimheacha; chruimheacha² | |
| Vocative | chruimhigh | cruimheacha | ||
| Genitive | cruimhí | cruimheacha | cruimheach | |
| Dative | cruimheach; chruimheach¹ |
chruimheach; chruimhigh (archaic) |
cruimheacha; chruimheacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cruimhí | |||
| Superlative | is cruimhí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
- cruimheachán m (“venomous person”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruimheach | chruimheach | gcruimheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruimheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN