crumhóg

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cruimh (worm) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

Noun

crumhóg f (genitive singular crumhóige, nominative plural crumhóga)

  1. maggot
    Synonym: cruimh

Declension

Declension of crumhóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative crumhóg crumhóga
vocative a chrumhóg a chrumhóga
genitive crumhóige crumhóg
dative crumhóg
crumhóig (archaic, dialectal)
crumhóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chrumhóg na crumhóga
genitive na crumhóige na gcrumhóg
dative leis an gcrumhóg
leis an gcrumhóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chrumhóg
don chrumhóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na crumhóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of crumhóg
radical lenition eclipsis
crumhóg chrumhóg gcrumhóg

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

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