krysi

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kreji (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish cresy, from Proto-Brythonic *krėdid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Cognate with Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic creid, and Welsh credu.

Verb

krysi

1. to believe
2. to think

   Synonyms: prederi, tybi

Conjugation

Conjugation of krysi

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	krysav	krysydh	krys	krysyn	krysowgh	krysons	krysir
	preterite	krysis	kryssys	krysas	kryssyn	kryssowgh	kryssons	krysas
	imperfect	krysyn	krysys	krysi	krysyn	krysewgh	krysens	krysys
	pluperfect	kryssen	krysses	kryssa	kryssen	kryssewgh	kryssens	kryssys
subjunctive	present/future	kryssiv	kryssi	krysso	kryssyn	kryssowgh	kryssons	krysser
	imperfect	kryssen	krysses	kryssa	kryssen	kryssewgh	kryssens	kryssys
imperative		-	krys	kryses	krysyn	krysewgh	krysens	-
non-finite forms		present participle		ow krysi	verbal adjective		krysys

Derived terms

• kres (“belief”)
• kryjyans (“belief, religion”)
• kryjyk (“religious”)
• krysadow (“credible”)

Mutation

Mutation of krysi

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
krysi	grysi	hrysi	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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