cruimheach

Irish

Etymology

From cruimh (“grub, larva, maggot, worm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cruimheach (genitive singular masculine cruimhigh, genitive singular feminine cruimhí, plural cruimheacha, comparative cruimhí)

maggoty

Declension

Declension of cruimheach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cruimheach	chruimheach	cruimheacha; chruimheacha²
Vocative	chruimhigh	chruimheach	cruimheacha
Genitive	chruimhigh	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

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

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