криж

Ultimately from Latin crux.

• IPA^(key): /krîːʒ/

кри̑ж m (Latin spelling krȋž)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) cross, crucifix (also figuratively)

This word, in religious context, is used mainly by Catholic Christians, and consequently generally more common among Croats than Serbs. Orthodoxs (and Serbs generally) tend to prefer the term кр̏ст.

• (cross): кр̏ст

• “криж” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Polish krzyż.

• IPA^(key): [krɪʒ]

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криж • (kryž) m inan (genitive кри́жа, nominative plural кри́жі, genitive plural кри́жів)

1. (dated) cross

   Synonym: хрест (xrest)

2. (in the plural) loins

   Synonym: по́пере́к (póperék)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “криж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “криж”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “криж”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)