croes
See also: croés
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
croes
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *kroɨs, from Proto-Insular Celtic *kruxsā (compare Old Irish cros), from Latin crux (“cross”). Doublet of crwys and crog.
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kroːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /krɔi̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kroːs/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s
NounEdit
croes f (plural croesau)
- cross
- O dan ein Croes Ddeheuol loyw,…
- Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,…
Derived termsEdit
- croesair
- croesbren
- croesffordd
- croesgad
- croeshoelio
- croesholi
- croesi
- croestorri
- Southern Cross
- yn groes i (“contrary to”)
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
croes (feminine singular croes, plural croesion, equative croesed, comparative croesach, superlative croesaf)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
croes | groes | nghroes | chroes |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |