cruimther

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir), from Old Welsh primter, from Latin presbyter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruṽʲθʲer/

Noun

cruimther m

1. priest
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 211

     cruimther .i. gōidelg indī as prespiter

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cruimhthir
• Scottish Gaelic: cruimthear

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cruimther	chruimther	cruimther pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruimther”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language