creim

Irish

Alternative forms

  • créim, creimigh

Etymology

The noun is from Old Irish creimm,[1] verbal noun of creinnid. The verb is denominal from the noun.

Verb

creim (present analytic creimeann, future analytic creimfidh, verbal noun creimeadh, past participle creimthe)

  1. (ambitransitive) to gnaw
  2. (ambitransitive) to corrode, erode

Conjugation

conjugation of creim (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun creimeadh
past participle creimthe
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present creimim creimeann tú;
creimir† 		creimeann sé, sí creimimid creimeann sibh creimeann siad;
creimid† 		a chreimeann; a chreimeas /
a gcreimeann* 		creimtear
past chreim mé; chreimeas chreim tú; chreimis chreim sé, sí chreimeamar; chreim muid chreim sibh; chreimeabhair chreim siad; chreimeadar a chreim /
ar chreim* 		creimeadh
past habitual chreiminn / gcreiminn‡‡ chreimteá / gcreimteᇇ chreimeadh sé, sí / gcreimeadh sé, s퇇 chreimimis; chreimeadh muid / gcreimimis‡‡; gcreimeadh muid‡‡ chreimeadh sibh / gcreimeadh sibh‡‡ chreimidís; chreimeadh siad / gcreimidís‡‡; gcreimeadh siad‡‡ a chreimeadh /
a gcreimeadh* 		chreimtí / gcreimt퇇
future creimfidh mé;
creimfead 		creimfidh tú;
creimfir† 		creimfidh sé, sí creimfimid;
creimfidh muid 		creimfidh sibh creimfidh siad;
creimfid† 		a chreimfidh; a chreimfeas /
a gcreimfidh* 		creimfear
conditional chreimfinn / gcreimfinn‡‡ chreimfeá / gcreimfeᇇ chreimfeadh sé, sí / gcreimfeadh sé, s퇇 chreimfimis; chreimfeadh muid / gcreimfimis‡‡; gcreimfeadh muid‡‡ chreimfeadh sibh / gcreimfeadh sibh‡‡ chreimfidís; chreimfeadh siad / gcreimfidís‡‡; gcreimfeadh siad‡‡ a chreimfeadh /
a gcreimfeadh* 		chreimfí / gcreimf퇇
subjunctive
present go gcreime mé;
go gcreimead† 		go gcreime tú;
go gcreimir† 		go gcreime sé, sí go gcreimimid;
go gcreime muid 		go gcreime sibh go gcreime siad;
go gcreimid† 		— go gcreimtear
past dá gcreiminn dá gcreimteá dá gcreimeadh sé, sí dá gcreimimis;
dá gcreimeadh muid 		dá gcreimeadh sibh dá gcreimidís;
dá gcreimeadh siad 		— dá gcreimtí
imperative
– creimim creim creimeadh sé, sí creimimis creimigí;
creimidh† 		creimidís — creimtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Noun

creim m (genitive singular creimthe)

  1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of creim

Declension

Declension of creim (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative creim
vocative a chreim
genitive creimthe
dative creim
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an creim
genitive an chreimthe
dative leis an gcreim
don chreim

Mutation

Mutated forms of creim
radical lenition eclipsis
creim chreim gcreim

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “creimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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