# 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)
* (transitive, intransitive) gnaw
* (transitive, intransitive) corrode, erode

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | creimim | creimeann tú; creimir$^†$ | creimeann sé, sí | creimimid | creimeann sibh | creimeann siad; creimid$^†$ | a chreimeann; a chreimeas / a gcreimeann* | creimtear |
| indicative | past | chreim mé; chreimeas | chreim tú; chreimis | chreim sé, sí | chreimeamar; chreim muid | chreim sibh; chreimeabhair | chreim siad; chreimeadar | a chreim / ar chreim* | creimeadh |
| indicative | past habitual | chreiminn / gcreiminn‡‡ | chreimteá / gcreimteá‡‡ | chreimeadh sé, sí / gcreimeadh sé, sí‡‡ | chreimimis; chreimeadh muid / gcreimimis‡‡; gcreimeadh muid‡‡ | chreimeadh sibh / gcreimeadh sibh‡‡ | chreimidís; chreimeadh siad / gcreimidís‡‡; gcreimeadh siad‡‡ | a chreimeadh / a gcreimeadh* | chreimtí / gcreimtí‡‡ |
| future | 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 | conditional | chreimfinn / gcreimfinn‡‡ | chreimfeá / gcreimfeá‡‡ | chreimfeadh sé, sí / gcreimfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | chreimfimis; chreimfeadh muid / gcreimfimis‡‡; gcreimfeadh muid‡‡ | chreimfeadh sibh / gcreimfeadh sibh‡‡ | chreimfidís; chreimfeadh siad / gcreimfidís‡‡; gcreimfeadh siad‡‡ | a chreimfeadh / a gcreimfeadh* | chreimfí / gcreimfí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | creimim | creim | creimeadh sé, sí | creimimis | creimigí; creimidh$^†$ | creimidís | — | creimtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh | creimeadh |
| past participle | past participle | creimthe | creimthe | creimthe | creimthe | creimthe | creimthe | creimthe | 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)
* (nonstandard) verbal noun of creim

#### Declension

Irregular

### 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