cruas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish crúas (“hardness, stiffness, rigour”), from crúaid (“hard, hardy, harsh; stern, strict”) (compare modern crua).
Noun
cruas m (genitive singular cruais)
- hardness
- stinginess
Declension
Declension of cruas
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruas | chruas | gcruas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Adjective
cruas
- feminine plural of cru
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish crúas (“hardness, stiffness, rigour”), from crúaid (“hard, hardy, harsh; stern, strict”) (compare modern cruaidh, which probably shares the same ultimate root).
Noun
cruas m (genitive singular cruais, no plural)
- difficulty, hardship, crisis, severity, durability, distress, rigour
- illiberality, stinginess
Synonyms
- (illiberality): mì-shuairceas, neo-fhialaidheachd, neo-fhlathaileachd, neo-uaisle
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cruas | chruas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cruas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language