Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish criss,[1] from Proto-Celtic *krissus (“belt”) (compare Welsh crys (“shirt”), Cornish krys, Breton krez), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (compare Proto-Slavic *čersъ (“money belt”)).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
crios m (genitive singular creasa or criosa or cris, nominative plural criosanna or creasa or creasanna)
- (clothing) belt, girdle, cincture
- belt (of a machine)
- Synonym: beilt
- (geography) belt, area, region, zone
- Synonym: réigiún
Declension
Standard form (third declension, strong plural):
Declension of crios (third declension)
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Alternative form (third declension, weak plural):
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Alternative form (third declension, strong plural):
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Alternative form (first declension):
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of crios
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chrios
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gcrios
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 107, page 58
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 176
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 283, page 100
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish criss, from Proto-Celtic *krissus (“belt”) (compare Welsh crys (“shirt”), Cornish krys, Breton krez), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (compare Proto-Slavic *čersъ (“money belt”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
crios m (genitive singular criosa, plural criosan)
- belt, band
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
