cruim

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Irish

Adjective

cruim

  1. Dated spelling of croim.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruim
radical lenition eclipsis
cruim chruim gcruim

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷrimis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic чрьвь (črĭvĭ), Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cruim f

  1. worm
  2. maggot

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cruim cruimL crumaiH
Vocative cruim cruimL crumaiH
Accusative cruimN cruimL crumaiH
Genitive crumoH, crumaH crumoH, crumaH crumaeN
Dative cruimL crumaib crumaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cruimh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnuimh
  • ⇒ Manx: crooag (compare Irish crumhóg (“maggot”))

Mutation

Mutation of cruim
radical lenition nasalization
cruim chruim cruim
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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