croes

See also: croés

Spanish

Verb

croes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of croar

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kroɨs, from Proto-Insular Celtic *kruxsā (compare Old Irish cros), from Latin crux (“cross”). Doublet of crwys and crog.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kroːɨ̯s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /krɔi̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kroːs/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

Noun

croes f (plural croesau)

1. cross

   O dan ein Croes Ddeheuol loyw,…

   Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,…

Derived terms

• croesair
• croesbren
• croesffordd
• croesgad
• croeshoelio
• croesholi
• croesi
• croestorri
• Southern Cross
• yn groes i (“contrary to”)

 

Synonyms

• crwys
• crog

Adjective

croes (feminine singular croes, plural croesion, equative croesed, comparative croesach, superlative croesaf)

1. cross, transverse
2. contrary, adverse

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.