cré

See also: cre, CRE, crè, and crê

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɾʲeː/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cré, Old Irish cré,[2] 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
singular plural
nominative cré créanna
vocative a chré a chréanna
genitive cré créanna
dative cré créanna
forms with the definite article
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)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chré na créidheanna
genitive na criadh na gcréidheanna
dative leis an gcriaidh
don chriaidh
leis na créidheanna
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,[3] 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
singular plural
nominative cré créanna
vocative a chré a chréanna
genitive cré créanna
dative cré créanna
forms with the definite article
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.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 37, page 20
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cré”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 créda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

  • IPA(key): [kʲrʲeː]

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 /ɡʲ-/

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

Further reading