creamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, Norwegian Nynorsk ramslauk, Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”), Russian черемша (čeremša) (and черёмуха (čerjómuxa)), Lithuanian kermùšė (and šermukšnis), Czech střemcha, Slovene čemaž and Serbo-Croatian сремуш.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲãuh/, /cɾʲɔuhˀ/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha)

1. wild garlic, ramsons, Allium ursinum

Declension

Declension of creamh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative creamh vocative a chreamh genitive creamha dative creamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an creamh genitive an chreamha dative leis an gcreamh don chreamh

Derived terms

• creamh (na) muice fia (“hart's-tongue, scolopendrium”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of creamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
creamh	chreamh	gcreamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish crem (“ramsons”), from Proto-Celtic *kremus or *kramos, from Proto-Indo-European *krém-wōs (“ramsons”). Cognate with Welsh craf, English ramsons, and Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲɛ̃v/

Noun

creamh m (genitive singular creamha, plural creamhan)

1. gentian
2. hart's tongue fern
3. garlic
4. leeks
5. elecampane

Synonyms

• (garlic): gairleag f

Derived terms

• creamh-gàrraidh m, creamh-ghàraidh m (“chives; leek”)
• creamh mac-féidh m (“asparagus; hart's tongue fern; elecampane”)
• creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich m (“asparagus; hart's tongue fern”)
• creamh nan creag m (“rocambole”, literally “rock garlic”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “creamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language