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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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

• cruimheachán m (“venomous person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruimheach	chruimheach	gcruimheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruimheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN