cruth

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English

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Noun

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cruth (plural cruths)

  1. Alternative spelling of crwth

References

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cruth (shape, form),[3] from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make).

Noun

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cruth m (genitive singular crutha, nominative plural cruthanna)

  1. shape, appearance
  2. state, condition
  3. manner, mode
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cruth m (genitive singular cruith, nominative plural cruitheacha)

  1. Ulster form of crú (horseshoe)
Declension
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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 81
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kʷritus (compare Welsh pryd), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cruth m (genitive crotha)

  1. form, shape
  2. manner, way

Declension

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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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: cruth
  • Manx: croo
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruth

Mutation

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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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cruth (shape, form), from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cruth m (genitive singular crutha, plural cruthan or cruthannan)

  1. shape, form
    Synonym: cumadh

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language