cré

See also: cre, CRE, crè, and crê

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.

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)

bare forms singular plural nominative cré créidheanna vocative a chré a chréidheanna genitive criadh créidheanna dative criaidh créidheanna 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, cré potaire (“potter's clay”)
• cré Shíneach (“kaolin”)
• cré-umha (“bronze”)
• criaga

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• créidh (dated)

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

• Cré na nAspal
• Cré Nís

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cré”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cré”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cré”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲɾʲeː/

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
  • Irish: cré
  • Manx: cray
  • Scottish Gaelic: crè

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.

Further reading

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