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creim (present analytic creimeann, future analytic creimfidh, verbal noun creimeadh, past participle creimthe)
- (transitive, intransitive) gnaw
- (transitive, intransitive) corrode, erode
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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creimim
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creimeann tú; creimir†
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creimeann sé, sí
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creimimid
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creimeann sibh
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creimeann siad; creimid†
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a chreimeann; a chreimeas / a gcreimeann*; a gcreimeas*
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creimtear
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past
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chreim mé; chreimeas
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chreim tú; chreimis
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chreim sé, sí
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chreimeamar; chreim muid
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chreim sibh; chreimeabhair
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chreim siad; chreimeadar
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a chreim / ar chreim*
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creimeadh
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past habitual
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chreiminn / gcreiminn‡‡
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chreimteá / gcreimteᇇ
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chreimeadh sé, sí / gcreimeadh sé, s퇇
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chreimimis; chreimeadh muid / gcreimimis‡‡; gcreimeadh muid‡‡
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chreimeadh sibh / gcreimeadh sibh‡‡
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chreimidís; chreimeadh siad / gcreimidís‡‡; gcreimeadh siad‡‡
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a chreimeadh / a gcreimeadh*
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chreimtí / gcreimt퇇
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future
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creimfidh mé; creimfead
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creimfidh tú; creimfir†
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creimfidh sé, sí
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creimfimid; creimfidh muid
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creimfidh sibh
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creimfidh siad; creimfid†
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a chreimfidh; a chreimfeas / a gcreimfidh*; a gcreimfeas*
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creimfear
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conditional
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chreimfinn / gcreimfinn‡‡
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chreimfeá / gcreimfeᇇ
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chreimfeadh sé, sí / gcreimfeadh sé, s퇇
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chreimfimis; chreimfeadh muid / gcreimfimis‡‡; gcreimfeadh muid‡‡
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chreimfeadh sibh / gcreimfeadh sibh‡‡
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chreimfidís; chreimfeadh siad / gcreimfidís‡‡; gcreimfeadh siad‡‡
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a chreimfeadh / a gcreimfeadh*
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chreimfí / gcreimf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcreime mé; go gcreimead†
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go gcreime tú; go gcreimir†
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go gcreime sé, sí
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go gcreimimid; go gcreime muid
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go gcreime sibh
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go gcreime siad; go gcreimid†
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—
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go gcreimtear
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past
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dá gcreiminn
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dá gcreimteá
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dá gcreimeadh sé, sí
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dá gcreimimis; dá gcreimeadh muid
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dá gcreimeadh sibh
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dá gcreimidís; dá gcreimeadh siad
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—
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dá gcreimtí
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imperative
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creimim
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creim
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creimeadh sé, sí
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creimimis
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creimigí; creimidh†
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creimidís
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—
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creimtear
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verbal noun
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creimeadh
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past participle
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creimthe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
creim m (genitive singular creimthe)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of creim
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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creim
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chreim
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gcreim
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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- 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