krec'h
Appearance
Breton
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Mentioned in the Catholicon (Middle Breton crech), from Proto-Brythonic *krɨx, from Proto-Celtic *krixsos (“curly”) (compare Cornish crygh (“curly”), Welsh crych (“curly”), Gaulish crixsos (“curly, crispy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kripso- (compare Latin crispus).
Adjective
[edit]krec'h
Etymology 2
[edit]Mentioned in the Catholicon (Middle Breton knech).
From Old Breton cnoch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Welsh cnwch (“hill, mount”), Irish cnoc (“hill, mount”)).
Noun
[edit]krec'h m (plural krec'hioù)
Mutation
[edit]| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | krec'h | grec'h | c'hrec'h | unchanged |
| plural | krec'hioù | grec'hioù | c'hrec'hioù | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Henry, Victor (1900), “krec'h”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), Rennes: J. Plihon et L. Hervé
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- Breton terms inherited from Middle Breton
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- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Breton lemmas
- Breton adjectives
- Breton terms inherited from Old Breton
- Breton terms derived from Old Breton
- Breton nouns
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