croes

See also: croés

Galician

Verb

croes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of croar

Spanish

Verb

croes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of croar

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)

1. cross

   O dan ein Croes Ddeheuol loyw,…

   Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,…

Synonyms

• crwys
• crog

Derived terms

• Croes Ddeheoul (“Southern Cross”)
• croes yr hwyr (“ dame's violet”)
• 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)

1. cross, transverse
2. contrary, adverse

Mutation

Mutated forms of croes

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
croes	groes	nghroes	chroes

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.