cridhe

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cride, whence also Irish croí and Manx cree. Related to Welsh craidd, Breton kreis (middle), from Proto-Celtic *kridyom. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr, whence also Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía); Latin cor, (gen. cordis): Italian cuore; English heart, German Herz; Lithuanian širdis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cridhe m (genitive singular cridhe, plural cridheachan)

  1. heart
  2. courage
  3. epicenter, core, focus
  4. nucleus
  5. sweetheart
    mo chridhemy sweetheart

Mutation

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

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cridhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language