creim
Irish
Alternative forms
- créim, creimigh
Etymology
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Verb
creim (present analytic creimeann, future analytic creimfidh, verbal noun creimeadh, past participle creimthe)
- (transitive, intransitive) gnaw
- (transitive, intransitive) corrode, erode
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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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*; a gcreimeas* | 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*; a gcreimfeas* | 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 | |
verbal noun | creimeadh | ||||||||
past participle | creimthe |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- creimeachán
- creimire
- creimneach
- sochreimtheacht
Noun
creim m (genitive singular creimthe)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of creim
Declension
Declension of creim
Irregular
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
creim | chreim | gcreim |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “creim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “creimmid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “creimim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
- Entries containing “creim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “creim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.