cré

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See also: cre, CRE, crè, and crê

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cré, Old Irish cré, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess; compare Latin crēta. Goidelic cognates include Scottish Gaelic crè and Manx cray.

Noun

cré f (genitive singular cré or criadh, nominative plural créanna)

  1. clay
  2. earth, soil
    Synonyms: ithir, úir
Declension
Standard inflection (fourth declension)
Declension of cré (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cré créanna
vocative a chré a chréanna
genitive cré créanna
dative cré créanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chré na créanna
genitive na cré na gcréanna
dative leis an gcré
don chré 		leis na créanna
Alternative (archaic, dialectal) inflection (fifth declension)
Declension of cré (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cré créidheanna
vocative a chré a chréidheanna
genitive criadh créidheanna
dative criaidh créidheanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chré na créidheanna
genitive na criadh na gcréidheanna
dative leis an gcriaidh
don chriaidh 		leis na créidheanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish créda, from Old Irish crédo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cré f (genitive singular cré, nominative plural créanna)

  1. (religion) creed
Declension
Declension of cré (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cré créanna
vocative a chré a chréanna
genitive cré créanna
dative cré créanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chré na créanna
genitive na cré na gcréanna
dative leis an gcré
don chré 		leis na créanna
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cré
radical lenition eclipsis
cré chré gcré

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

Further reading

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French créer (“to create”), compare Haitian Creole kreye.

Verb

cré

  1. to create

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cré f (genitive crïad, no plural)

  1. clay, earth

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cré.

Inflection

Feminine d-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cré — —
vocative cré — —
accusative crïeidN — —
genitive crïad — —
dative crïeidL, críL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cré

Mutation

Mutation of cré
radical lenition nasalization
cré chré cré
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷrīyet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 182-183

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