croes

See also: croés and cróes

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
• croesfar (“crossbar”)
• croesffordd (“crossroads”)
• croesgad (“crusade”)
• croeshoelio (“to crucify”)
• croesholi (“to cross-examine”)
• croesi (“to cross”)
• croesni (“perverseness”)
• croesog (“crossed, having a cross”)
• croesryw (“cross-breed, hybrid”)
• croestorri (“to cut across”)
• llysiau'r groes, croeslys, briwydd groes (“crosswort”)

Adjective

croes (feminine singular croes, plural croesion, equative croesed, comparative croesach, superlative croesaf)

1. cross, transverse
2. contrary, adverse

Derived terms

• gwynt croes (“crosswind; foul wind”)
• yn groes i'r cloc (“anticlockwise”)

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.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “croes”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies