cruth

cruth (plural cruths)

1. Alternative spelling of crwth

• “cruth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• rutch

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠɞh/, /kɾˠɯh/[1]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠʊ(h)/[2]

From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”),[3] from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

cruth m (genitive singular crutha, nominative plural cruthanna)

1. shape, appearance
2. state, condition
3. manner, mode

cruth m (genitive singular cruith, nominative plural cruitheacha)

1. Ulster form of crú (“horseshoe”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• crud

From Proto-Celtic *kʷritus (compare Welsh pryd), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

• IPA^(key): /kruθ/

cruth m (genitive crotha)

1. form, shape
2. manner, way

• Irish: cruth
• Manx: croo
• Scottish Gaelic: cruth

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

• IPA^(key): /kɾuh/

cruth m (genitive singular crutha, plural cruthan or cruthannan)

1. shape, form

   Synonym: cumadh

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cruth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language