cruim

Irish

Adjective

cruim

1. 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

1. worm
2. maggot

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cruim	cruimL	crumaiH
Vocative	cruim	cruimL	crumaiH
Accusative	cruimN	cruimL	crumaiH
Genitive	crumoH, crumaH	crumoH, crumaH	crumaeN
Dative	cruimL	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

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.