crys

English

Etymology 1

Noun

crys (plural cryses)

  1. Archaic form of kris.

Etymology 2

Verb

crys

  1. Obsolete form of cries.
    • 1703, Hell Upon Earth, page 4:
      Some are acute for the Lob; which is, going into a Shop to have a Guinea or Pistole chang'd, and the Change being given, the bringer of the Gold telling it over, Palms Two or Three Shillings, then returning the Money, says there wants so much, which the Shop-keeper telling over again, and finding short, very innocently crys 'tis true, and makes up the Summ.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *krissus (“belt”) (compare Cornish krys, Breton krez, Irish crios (“belt, girdle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (compare Proto-Slavic *čersъ (“money belt”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /krɨːs/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /kriːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɨːs

Noun

crys m (plural crysau, diminutive crysan)

  1. shirt

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of crys
radical soft nasal aspirate
crys grys nghrys chrys

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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