crumhóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnamhóg, cneamhdóg, cnuimheog, cnumhóg

Etymology

From cruimh (“worm”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠʊ̃wɔɡ/

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.

Further reading

• “crumhóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? crumóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crumhóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75