creim

Irish

Alternative forms

• créim, creimigh

Etymology

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Verb

creim (present analytic creimeann, future analytic creimfidh, verbal noun creimeadh, past participle creimthe)

1. (transitive, intransitive) gnaw
2. (transitive, intransitive) corrode, erode

Conjugation

conjugation of creim (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	creimim	creimeann tú; creimir†	creimeann sé, sí	creimimid	creimeann sibh	creimeann siad; creimid†	a chreimeann; a chreimeas / a gcreimeann*	creimtear
	past	chreim mé; chreimeas	chreim tú; chreimis	chreim sé, sí	chreimeamar; chreim muid	chreim sibh; chreimeabhair	chreim siad; chreimeadar	a chreim / ar chreim*	creimeadh
	past habitual	chreiminn / gcreiminn‡‡	chreimteá / gcreimteᇇ	chreimeadh sé, sí / gcreimeadh sé, s퇇	chreimimis; chreimeadh muid / gcreimimis‡‡; gcreimeadh muid‡‡	chreimeadh sibh / gcreimeadh sibh‡‡	chreimidís; chreimeadh siad / gcreimidís‡‡; gcreimeadh siad‡‡	a chreimeadh / a gcreimeadh*	chreimtí / gcreimt퇇
future		creimfidh mé; creimfead	creimfidh tú; creimfir†	creimfidh sé, sí	creimfimid; creimfidh muid	creimfidh sibh	creimfidh siad; creimfid†	a chreimfidh; a chreimfeas / a gcreimfidh*	creimfear
conditional		chreimfinn / gcreimfinn‡‡	chreimfeá / gcreimfeᇇ	chreimfeadh sé, sí / gcreimfeadh sé, s퇇	chreimfimis; chreimfeadh muid / gcreimfimis‡‡; gcreimfeadh muid‡‡	chreimfeadh sibh / gcreimfeadh sibh‡‡	chreimfidís; chreimfeadh siad / gcreimfidís‡‡; gcreimfeadh siad‡‡	a chreimfeadh / a gcreimfeadh*	chreimfí / gcreimf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcreime mé; go gcreimead†	go gcreime tú; go gcreimir†	go gcreime sé, sí	go gcreimimid; go gcreime muid	go gcreime sibh	go gcreime siad; go gcreimid†	—	go gcreimtear
	past	dá gcreiminn	dá gcreimteá	dá gcreimeadh sé, sí	dá gcreimimis; dá gcreimeadh muid	dá gcreimeadh sibh	dá gcreimidís; dá gcreimeadh siad	—	dá gcreimtí
imperative		creimim	creim	creimeadh sé, sí	creimimis	creimigí; creimidh†	creimidís	—	creimtear
verbal noun		creimeadh
past participle		creimthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• creimeachán
• creimire
• creimneach
• sochreimtheacht

 

Noun

creim m (genitive singular creimthe)

1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of creim

Declension

Declension of creim

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative creim Vocative a chreim Genitive creimthe Dative creim

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an creim Genitive an chreimthe Dative leis an gcreim don chreim

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creim	chreim	gcreim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “creimmid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creimim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “creim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “creim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024