creire

Norman

Alternative forms

• craithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō (“I believe”).

Verb

creire

1. (Guernsey, France) to think, believe

    Conjugation of the verb « creire » in Norman

infinitive			creire
gerund			creyant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		creu		creue
		plural		creus		creues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	creis	creis	creit	creyoms	creyez	creient
	imperfect	creyeis	creyeis	creyeit	creyioms	creyiez	creyeient
	preterite	creus	creus	creut	creûmes	creûtes	creûtrent
	future	creirai	creiras	creira	creiroms	creirez	creiront
	conditional	creireis	creireis	creireit	creirioms	creiriez	creireient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	creie	creies	creie	creyioms	creyiez	creient
	imperfect	creusse	creusses	creût creusse	creussioms	creussiez	creussent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			creis		creyoms	creyez
1Used with past participles.

Alternative forms

• criyaunche

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• créder, créser

Etymology

From Old Occitan creire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō.

Verb

creire

1. to believe

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		creire			aver cresent
gerund		creire (also créser, créder)			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cresent			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cregut	cresi	creses	crei	cresèm	cresètz
	imperfect	creson	cresiái	cresiás	cresiá	cresiam	cresiatz
	preterite	cresián	creirai	creiràs	creirà	creirem	creiretz
	future	creiràn	creguèri	creguères	creguèt	creguèrem	creguèretz
	conditional	creguèron	creiriái	creiriás	creiriá	creiriam	creiriatz
	conditional 2nd form1	cresètz
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	creirián	crega	cregas	crega	cregam	cregatz
	imperfect	cregan	creguèsse	creguèsses	creguèsse	creguèssem	creguèssetz
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			creguèsson		crei	cregam	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Old French

Verb

creire

1. Alternative form of croire

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō.

Verb

creire

1. to believe

Descendants

• Catalan: creure
• Occitan: creire

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “crēdere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 20: Autres langues, page 1298