cruim
Irish
Adjective
cruim
- Dated spelling of croim.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruim | chruim | gcruim |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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): /kruṽʲ/
Noun
cruim f
- worm
- maggot
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Irish: cruimh
- Scottish Gaelic: cnuimh
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cruim | chruim | cruim pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||