crios

crios

Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /cɾʲɪsˠ/, /cɾʲʊsˠ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /cɾʲɨ̞sˠ/, /cɾʲɪsˠ/[2]

Noun

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

Standard form (third declension, strong plural):

Declension of crios

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crios criosanna Vocative a chrios a chriosanna Genitive creasa criosanna Dative crios criosanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crios na criosanna Genitive an chreasa na gcriosanna Dative leis an gcrios don chrios leis na criosanna

Alternative form (third declension, weak plural):

Declension of crios

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crios creasa Vocative a chrios a chreasa Genitive creasa crios Dative crios creasa

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crios na creasa Genitive an chreasa na gcrios Dative leis an gcrios don chrios leis na creasa

Alternative form (third declension, strong plural):

Declension of crios

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crios criosanna Vocative a chrios a chriosanna Genitive criosa criosanna Dative crios criosanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crios na criosanna Genitive an chriosa na gcriosanna Dative leis an gcrios don chrios leis na criosanna

Alternative form (first declension):

Declension of crios

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative crios creasanna Vocative a chris a chreasanna Genitive cris creasanna Dative crios creasanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an crios na creasanna Genitive an chris na gcreasanna Dative leis an gcrios don chrios leis na creasanna

Derived terms

• amchrios
• bithchrios
• criosach
• crios sábhála
• meánchrios
• teochrios

 

Mutation

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

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “crios”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 195
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “crios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

---

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲis̪/

Noun

crios m (genitive singular criosa, plural criosan)

1. belt, band

Derived terms

• crios-sàbhailteachd
• crios-sàbhalaidh
• crios-taice

Mutation

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

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