crumhóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnamhóg, cneamhdóg, cnuimheog, cnumhóg

Etymology

From cruimh (“worm”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠʊ̃wɔɡ/

Noun

crumhóg f (genitive singular crumhóige, nominative plural crumhóga)

1. maggot

   Synonym: cruimh

Declension

Declension of crumhóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative crumhóg crumhóga Vocative a chrumhóg a chrumhóga Genitive crumhóige crumhóg Dative crumhóg crumhóig (archaic, dialectal) crumhóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chrumhóg na crumhóga Genitive na crumhóige na gcrumhóg Dative leis an gcrumhóg leis an gcrumhóig (archaic, dialectal) don chrumhóg don chrumhóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na crumhóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crumhóg	chrumhóg	gcrumhóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “crumhóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “? crumóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crumhóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75