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Irish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin cremō.
Verb
créam (present analytic créamann, future analytic créamfaidh, verbal noun créamadh, past participle créamtha)
- (transitive) cremate
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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créamaim
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créamann tú; créamair†
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créamann sé, sí
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créamaimid
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créamann sibh
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créamann siad; créamaid†
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a chréamann; a chréamas / a gcréamann*
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créamtar
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past
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chréam mé; chréamas
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chréam tú; chréamais
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chréam sé, sí
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chréamamar; chréam muid
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chréam sibh; chréamabhair
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chréam siad; chréamadar
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a chréam / ar chréam*
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créamadh
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past habitual
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chréamainn / gcréamainn‡‡
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chréamtá / gcréamtᇇ
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chréamadh sé, sí / gcréamadh sé, s퇇
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chréamaimis; chréamadh muid / gcréamaimis‡‡; gcréamadh muid‡‡
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chréamadh sibh / gcréamadh sibh‡‡
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chréamaidís; chréamadh siad / gcréamaidís‡‡; gcréamadh siad‡‡
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a chréamadh / a gcréamadh*
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chréamtaí / gcréamta퇇
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future
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créamfaidh mé; créamfad
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créamfaidh tú; créamfair†
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créamfaidh sé, sí
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créamfaimid; créamfaidh muid
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créamfaidh sibh
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créamfaidh siad; créamfaid†
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a chréamfaidh; a chréamfas / a gcréamfaidh*
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créamfar
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conditional
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chréamfainn / gcréamfainn‡‡
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chréamfá / gcréamfᇇ
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chréamfadh sé, sí / gcréamfadh sé, s퇇
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chréamfaimis; chréamfadh muid / gcréamfaimis‡‡; gcréamfadh muid‡‡
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chréamfadh sibh / gcréamfadh sibh‡‡
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chréamfaidís; chréamfadh siad / gcréamfaidís‡‡; gcréamfadh siad‡‡
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a chréamfadh / a gcréamfadh*
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chréamfaí / gcréamfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcréama mé; go gcréamad†
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go gcréama tú; go gcréamair†
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go gcréama sé, sí
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go gcréamaimid; go gcréama muid
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go gcréama sibh
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go gcréama siad; go gcréamaid†
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—
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go gcréamtar
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past
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dá gcréamainn
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dá gcréamtá
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dá gcréamadh sé, sí
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dá gcréamaimis; dá gcréamadh muid
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dá gcréamadh sibh
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dá gcréamaidís; dá gcréamadh siad
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—
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dá gcréamtaí
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imperative
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créamaim
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créam
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créamadh sé, sí
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créamaimis
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créamaigí; créamaidh†
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créamaidís
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—
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créamtar
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verbal noun
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créamadh
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past participle
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créamtha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “créam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “créam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “créam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024