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
Positive singular plural
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

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

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