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creid

creid

Irish

Verb

creid (present analytic creideann, future analytic creidfidh, verbal noun creidiúint, past participle creidte)

  1. believe

Conjugation

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
creid chreid gcreid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "creid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • creitid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish creitid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

Verb

creid (verbal noun credjal, past participle credjit)

  1. believe

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
creid chreid greid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • creitid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish creitid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲʰɾʲɛtʲ]

Verb

creid (past chreid, future creididh, verbal noun creidsinn, past participle creidte)

  1. believe, feel convinced
    Cha chreid mi nach ... ― I rather think ...
  2. credit
  3. confide, trust, rely

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
  • creitid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.