Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish criss,[1] from Proto-Celtic *krissus (belt) (compare Welsh crys (shirt), Cornish krys, Breton krez), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (compare Proto-Slavic *čersъ (money belt)).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

crios m (genitive singular creasa or criosa or cris, nominative plural criosanna or creasa or creasanna)

  1. (clothing) belt, girdle, cincture
  2. belt (of a machine)
    Synonym: beilt
  3. (geography) belt, area, region, zone
    Synonym: réigiún

Declension edit

Standard form (third declension, strong plural):

Alternative form (third declension, weak plural):

Alternative form (third declension, strong plural):

Alternative form (first declension):

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crios chrios gcrios
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish criss, from Proto-Celtic *krissus (belt) (compare Welsh crys (shirt), Cornish krys, Breton krez), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (compare Proto-Slavic *čersъ (money belt)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

crios m (genitive singular criosa, plural criosan)

  1. belt, band

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
crios chrios
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225