cruim

Irish

Adjective

cruim

dated spelling of croim

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cruim*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cruim	chruim	gcruim

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

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kruβ̃ʲ]

Noun

cruim f

worm
maggot

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cruim	cruim^L	crumai^H
vocative	cruim	cruim^L	crumai^H
accusative	cruim^N	cruim^L	crumai^H
genitive	crumo^H, cruma^H	crumo^H, cruma^H	crumae^N
dative	cruim^L	crumaib	crumaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: cruimh
Scottish Gaelic: cnuimh
⇒ Manx: crooag (compare Irish crumhóg (“maggot”))

Mutation

Mutation of *cruim*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cruim	chruim	cruim pronounced with /ɡ-/

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