cridhe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /kʰɾʲi.ə/

Noun

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  1. heart
  2. courage
  3. epicenter, core, focus
  4. nucleus
  5. sweetheart
    mo chridhe ― my sweetheart

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)chridhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cridhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cride”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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