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.

Noun

cridhe m (plural cridhean)

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

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