cruim

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Irish

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Adjective

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cruim

  1. Dated spelling of croim.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruim chruim gcruim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cruim f

  1. worm
  2. maggot

Inflection

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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

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

Mutation

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