croes
See also: croés
Galician
Spanish
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *kroɨs, from Insular Proto-Celtic *kruxsā (compare Old Irish cros), from Latin crux (“cross”). Doublet of crwys and crog.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kroːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /krɔi̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kroːs/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s
Noun
croes f (plural croesau)
- cross
- O dan ein Croes Ddeheuol loyw,…
- Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,…
Derived terms
- Croes Ddeheoul (“Southern Cross”)
- croesair (“crossword”)
- croesbren
- croesffordd (“crossroads”)
- croesgad (“crusade”)
- croeshoelio (“to crucify”)
- croesholi (“to cross-examine”)
- croesi (“to cross”)
- croesryw (“cross-breed, hybrid”)
- croestorri (“to cut across”)
- yn groes i (“contrary to”)
Adjective
croes (feminine singular croes, plural croesion, equative croesed, comparative croesach, superlative croesaf)
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