From Middle Irish crétúir, from Latin creātūra (“created thing; creature”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɾeːht̪ɛɾʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkðeːʰt̪əɾ/^[1]

creutair m (genitive singular creutair, plural creutairean)

1. creature, being, person
2. body

   an creutair truagh ― the poor body

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “creutair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC