cruimheach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]PIE word |
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*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) | |||
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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 | ||
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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