cree

cree

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of crear
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of crear

From Old Irish cride, from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

• IPA^(key): /kriː/

cree m (genitive singular cree, plural creeaghyn)

1. heart

   Cha nel cree erbee echey. ― He has no heart.

   Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag. ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.

   Ta cree dooie ny share na kione croutagh. ― A kind heart is better than a crafty head.

   Lught ny creeaghyn kiart. ― The just; literally, 'people of just hearts'.

   Shione dhyt folliaghtyn ny creeaghyn ain. ― You know the secrets of our hearts.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

cree m or f by sense (plural cree or (rare) crees)

1. one of the Cree, a native people of Canada and Montana

cree m (uncountable)

1. Cree (Algonquian language spoken by the Cree people)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾee/ [ˈkɾe.e]
• Rhymes: -ee
• Syllabification: cre‧e

cree

1. inflection of crear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of creer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative