cré
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɾʲeː/
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.
Declension
- Standard inflection (fourth declension)
Declension of cré
- Alternative (archaic, dialectal) inflection (fifth declension)
Declension of cré
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cré criadóra (“potter's clay”)
- cré potaire (“potter's clay”)
- cré-umha (“bronze”)
- criaga
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish créda, from Old Irish crédo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”).
Alternative forms
- créidh (dated)
Declension
Declension of cré
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cré | chré | gcré |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cré”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cré”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 créda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191
- Entries containing “cré” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cré” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French créer (“to create”), compare Haitian Creole kreye.
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲrʲeː]
Inflection
| Feminine d-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cré | — | — |
| Vocative | cré | — | — |
| Accusative | crïeidN | — | — |
| Genitive | crïad | — | — |
| Dative | crïeidL, críL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cré | chré | cré pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷrīyet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 182-183
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cré”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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