cruimheach

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From cruimh (“grub, larva, maggot, worm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruimheach (genitive singular masculine cruimhigh, genitive singular feminine cruimhí, plural cruimheacha, comparative cruimhí)

1. maggoty

Declension

Declension of cruimheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cruimheach	chruimheach	cruimheacha; chruimheacha2
vocative	chruimhigh		cruimheacha
genitive		cruimhí	cruimheacha	cruimheach
dative	cruimheach; chruimheach1	chruimheach; chruimhigh (archaic)	cruimheacha; chruimheacha2
Comparative	níos cruimhí
Superlative	is cruimhí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cruimheachán m (“venomous person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cruimheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruimheach	chruimheach	gcruimheach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruimheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN