créam
Irish
Etymology
Verb
créam (present analytic créamann, future analytic créamfaidh, verbal noun créamadh, past participle créamtha)
- (transitive) cremate
Conjugation
conjugation of créam (first conjugation – A)
| verbal noun | créamadh | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | créamtha | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | créamaim | créamann tú; créamair† |
créamann sé, sí | créamaimid | créamann sibh | créamann siad; créamaid† |
a chréamann; a chréamas / a gcréamann* |
créamtar |
| past | chréam mé; chréamas | chréam tú; chréamais | chréam sé, sí | chréamamar; chréam muid | chréam sibh; chréamabhair | chréam siad; chréamadar | a chréam / ar chréam* |
créamadh |
| past habitual | chréamainn / gcréamainn‡‡ | chréamtá / gcréamtᇇ | chréamadh sé, sí / gcréamadh sé, s퇇 | chréamaimis; chréamadh muid / gcréamaimis‡‡; gcréamadh muid‡‡ | chréamadh sibh / gcréamadh sibh‡‡ | chréamaidís; chréamadh siad / gcréamaidís‡‡; gcréamadh siad‡‡ | a chréamadh / a gcréamadh* |
chréamtaí / gcréamta퇇 |
| future | créamfaidh mé; créamfad |
créamfaidh tú; créamfair† |
créamfaidh sé, sí | créamfaimid; créamfaidh muid |
créamfaidh sibh | créamfaidh siad; créamfaid† |
a chréamfaidh; a chréamfas / a gcréamfaidh* |
créamfar |
| conditional | chréamfainn / gcréamfainn‡‡ | chréamfá / gcréamfᇇ | chréamfadh sé, sí / gcréamfadh sé, s퇇 | chréamfaimis; chréamfadh muid / gcréamfaimis‡‡; gcréamfadh muid‡‡ | chréamfadh sibh / gcréamfadh sibh‡‡ | chréamfaidís; chréamfadh siad / gcréamfaidís‡‡; gcréamfadh siad‡‡ | a chréamfadh / a gcréamfadh* |
chréamfaí / gcréamfa퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go gcréama mé; go gcréamad† |
go gcréama tú; go gcréamair† |
go gcréama sé, sí | go gcréamaimid; go gcréama muid |
go gcréama sibh | go gcréama siad; go gcréamaid† |
— | go gcréamtar |
| past | dá gcréamainn | dá gcréamtá | dá gcréamadh sé, sí | dá gcréamaimis; dá gcréamadh muid |
dá gcréamadh sibh | dá gcréamaidís; dá gcréamadh siad |
— | dá gcréamtaí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | créamaim | créam | créamadh sé, sí | créamaimis | créamaigí; créamaidh† |
créamaidís | — | créamtar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| créam | chréam | gcréam |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “créam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “créam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “créam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025