cruimh

Irish

Alternative forms

cnuimh

Etymology

From Old Irish cruim, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrimis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥mis (“worm”).

Noun

cruimh f (genitive singular cruimhe, nominative plural cruimheanna or crumha)

grub, larva, maggot, worm

Declension

Declension of cruimh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cruimh	cruimheanna
Vocative	a chruimh	a chruimheanna
Genitive	cruimhe	cruimheanna
Dative	cruimh	cruimheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chruimh	na cruimheanna
Genitive	na cruimhe	na gcruimheanna
Dative	leis an gcruimh don chruimh	leis na cruimheanna

Alternative declension

Declension of cruimh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cruimh	crumha
Vocative	a chruimh	a chrumha
Genitive	cruimhe	crumha
Dative	cruimh	crumha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chruimh	na crumha
Genitive	na cruimhe	na gcrumha
Dative	leis an gcruimh don chruimh	leis na crumha

Synonyms

larbha
péist
péisteog bhán

Derived terms

Terms derived from cruimh

cruimh arbhair f (“corn weevil”)
cruimh chadáis f (“boll weevil”)
cruimh cháise f (“cheese-maggot”)

cruimh chapaill f (“grub of tiger moth”)
cruimheach (“maggoty”, adjective)
cruimh ithreach f (“larva of beetle”)

cruimh phucháin f (“fluke-worm”)
cruimh snáthaide móire f (“crane-fly grub, leather-jacket”)
crumhóg f (“maggot”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cruimh	chruimh	gcruimh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cruimh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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