cruth
English
Noun
cruth (plural cruths)
- Alternative spelling of crwth
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cruth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- rutch
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾˠʊ(h)/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).
Noun
cruth m (genitive singular crutha, nominative plural cruthanna)
- shape, appearance
- state, condition
- manner, mode
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- anchruth
- athchruth
- beathachruth
- buanchruth
- -chruthach
- comhchruthach
- creatchruth
- cruthach
- cruthaigh
- cruthlíne
- cruthúil
- dea-chruthach
- droch-chruthach
- ilchruthach
- ilchruthacht
- imchruth
- leabhairchruth
- míchruthach
- scáthchruth
- tonnchruth
- ubhchruth
Noun
cruth m (genitive singular cruith, nominative plural cruitheacha)
- Ulster form of crú (“horseshoe”)
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruth | chruth | gcruth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- crud
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷritus (compare Welsh pryd), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kruθ/
Noun
cruth m (genitive crotha)
- form, shape
- manner, way
Declension
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cruth, crud | cruthL, crud | crothaeH |
| Vocative | cruth, crud | cruthL, crud | crothu |
| Accusative | cruthN, crud | cruthL, crud | crothu |
| Genitive | crothoH, crothaH | crothoL, crothaL | crothaeN |
| Dative | cruthL, crud | crothaib | crothaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- cruthaigidir
- in chrud so
- in chruth sin
Descendants
- Irish: cruth
- Manx: croo
- Scottish Gaelic: cruth
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cruth | chruth | cruth pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾuh/
Noun
cruth m (genitive singular crutha, plural cruthan or cruthannan)
- shape, form
- Synonym: cumadh
Derived terms
- cruth-clò
- cruth-tìre
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cruth | chruth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cruth”, 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), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language