Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish creitid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. believe (+ i (in))
    creidim i nDiaI believe in God
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      D’innis an gasúr dó fá’n gharrdha plúr do chonnaic sé, “agus,” ar seision, “ar eagla nach gcreidfidhe mé, bhain mé ceann de na plúir, ⁊ thug liom é ⁊ sin chugat é.”
      The youth told him about the garden of flowers, which he saw, "and," says he, "lest I might not be believed, I plucked one and brought it with me, and here it is."

Conjugation edit

Alternative verbal noun: creidmheáil (Ulster)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

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 edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “creitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

Further reading edit

Manx edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish creitid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

Verb edit

creid (verbal noun credjal, past participle credjit)

  1. believe

Mutation edit

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 edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “creitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish creitid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʲʰɾʲetʲ/, /kʲʰɾʲɤtʲ/

Verb edit

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

  1. believe, feel convinced, think
    creididh iad sinnethey will believe us
    cha chreid mi gun tèid i annI don't think she will go
    Thill e. – An do thill? – Cha chreid mi nach do thill.
    He returned. – Did he? – I do believe he did.
    (literally, “I don't believe he didn't return”)
    cha ghabh e creidsinnit can't be believed
    tha i a' creidsinn ann an sìthicheanshe believes in fairies
  2. credit
  3. confide, trust, rely

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “creitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “creid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC