creamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kremus[2] or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk, Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”), Russian черемша (čeremša) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž and Serbo-Croatian сремуш.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha)

  1. wild garlic, ramsons, Allium ursinum

Declension

Declension of creamh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative creamh
vocative a chreamh
genitive creamha
dative creamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an creamh
genitive an chreamha
dative leis an gcreamh
don chreamh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of creamh
radical lenition eclipsis
creamh chreamh gcreamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 80, page 52; reprinted 2017
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kremu-, *kramo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 144, page 57
  5. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , § 146 (b), page 54; reprinted 1979

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, and Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)

  1. gentian
  2. hart's tongue fern
  3. garlic
  4. leeks
  5. elecampane

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kremu-, *kramo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “creamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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
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