"creta" meaning in Latin

See creta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps: * From Crēta, thus “Cretan earth”. * From (terra) crēta (“sifted (earth)”), substantivized from the feminine gender of crētus. De Vaan considers this phonetically sound but semantically weak (clay is not a sifted type of dirt). * From an archaic Proto-Indo-European noun *tkʷreh₁-it- (compare Old Irish crē, Welsh pridd, Tocharian A tukri and Tocharian B kwriye, all meaning “clay”) plus the thematic feminine ending *-eh₂, but the root would be otherwise unknown. * An early borrowing from Celtic, or from the same substrate source as the Celtic words; more at Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess. This theory is preferred by De Vaan. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|sga|crē}} Old Irish crē, {{cog|cy|pridd}} Welsh pridd, {{cog|xto|tukri}} Tocharian A tukri, {{cog|txb|kwriye||}} Tocharian B kwriye, {{sup|×}} ^×, {{der|la|cel}} Celtic, {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|cel-pro|*kʷrīyess}} Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess Head templates: {{la-noun|crēta<1>}} crēta f (genitive crētae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|crēta<1>}} Forms: crēta [canonical, feminine], crētae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], crēta [nominative, singular], crētae [nominative, plural], crētae [genitive, singular], crētārum [genitive, plural], crētae [dative, singular], crētīs [dative, plural], crētam [accusative, singular], crētās [accusative, plural], crētā [ablative, singular], crētīs [ablative, plural], crēta [singular, vocative], crētae [plural, vocative]
  1. chalk Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-creta-la-noun-yIb~Efal Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
  2. clay, clayey soil Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-creta-la-noun-uLRv7ja- Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crētātus, crētōsus, crētula
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: crēta [canonical]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|nl=1}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=crēta}} crēta
  1. inflection of crētus:
    nominative/vocative feminine singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, participle, singular, vocative Form of: crētus
    Sense id: en-creta-la-verb-NI4X5jd6 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 17 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 14 14 10 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 8 8 27 27 30
  2. inflection of crētus:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
    Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, participle, plural, vocative Form of: crētus
    Sense id: en-creta-la-verb-MksWhapk Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 17 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 14 14 10 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 8 8 27 27 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: crētā [canonical]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|nl=1}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=crētā}} crētā
  1. ablative feminine singular of crētus Tags: ablative, feminine, form-of, participle, singular Form of: crētus
    Sense id: en-creta-la-verb-lQXnSbUd Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 17 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 14 14 10 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 8 8 27 27 30 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 28 28 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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