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

cridhe m (genitive singular cridhe, plural cridheachan)

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

   mo chridhe ― my sweetheart

Mutation

Mutation of cridhe

radical	lenition
cridhe	chridhe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• 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