cruimther

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir), from Old Welsh primter, from Latin presbyter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkruβ̃ʲθʲer]

Noun

cruimther m

1. priest

   Synonym: sacart (the usual term)

   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 211

     cruimther .i. gōidelg indī as prespiter

     cruimther i.e. the Irish for prespiter

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cruimther	cruimtherL	cruimthirL
Vocative	cruimthir	cruimtherL	cruimtheruH
Accusative	cruimtherN	cruimtherL	cruimtheruH
Genitive	cruimthirL	cruimther	cruimtherN
Dative	cruimtherL	cruimtheraib	cruimtheraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cruimther, cruimmther, cruimper
  • Irish: cruimhthir
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruimthear

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cruimther	chruimther	cruimther pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruimther”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language