cros
English
Noun
cros
- plural of cro
Catalan
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Cognate with French creux. (See there for possible etymologies.)
Noun
cros m (plural crosos)
- a deep hole
Etymology 2
Noun
cros m (plural crosos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cros”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “cros”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “cros” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cros” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (“cross”). Doublet of croch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾˠɔsˠ/
Noun
cros f (genitive singular croise, nominative plural crosa)
Declension
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Derived terms
- airgead croise
- bata croise
- comhartha na croise
- cosa croise (“stilts”)
- cros chéasta (“crucifix”)
- Cros Dhearg (“Red Cross”)
- cros-
- crosach
- crosáil
- crosaire
- crosán
- crosdealbhach
- crosdiabhal
- crosóg
- crúbchrois
- Cumann na Croise Deirge (“the Red Cross Society”)
- fíor na croise (“the sign of the cross”)
- lochta croise (“rood-loft”)
- maide croise (“crutch”)
- píosa croise (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
- trasna croise (“cross-arm of cross”)
- Turas na Croise (“the Stations of the Cross”)
Verb
cros (present analytic crosann, future analytic crosfaidh, verbal noun crosadh, past participle crosta)
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | crosaim | crosann tú; crosair† |
crosann sé, sí | crosaimid; crosann muid | crosann sibh | crosann siad; crosaid† |
a chrosann; a chrosas | crostar |
| past | chros mé; chrosas | chros tú; chrosais | chros sé, sí | chrosamar; chros muid | chros sibh; chrosabhair | chros siad; chrosadar | a chros | crosadh |
| past habitual | chrosainn / crosainn‡ |
chrostá / crostᇠ|
chrosadh sé, sí / crosadh sé, sí‡ |
chrosaimis; chrosadh muid / crosaimis‡; crosadh muid‡ |
chrosadh sibh / crosadh sibh‡ |
chrosaidís; chrosadh siad / crosaidís‡; crosadh siad‡ |
a chrosadh | chrostaí / crostaí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | crosfaidh mé; crosfad |
crosfaidh tú; crosfair† |
crosfaidh sé, sí | crosfaimid; crosfaidh muid |
crosfaidh sibh | crosfaidh siad; crosfaid† |
a chrosfaidh; a chrosfas | crosfar |
| conditional | chrosfainn / crosfainn‡ |
chrosfá / crosfᇠ|
chrosfadh sé, sí / crosfadh sé, sí‡ |
chrosfaimis; chrosfadh muid / crosfaimis‡; crosfadh muid‡ |
chrosfadh sibh / crosfadh sibh‡ |
chrosfaidís; chrosfadh siad / crosfaidís‡; crosfadh siad‡ |
a chrosfadh | chrosfaí / crosfaí‡ |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go gcrosa mé; go gcrosad† |
go gcrosa tú; go gcrosair† |
go gcrosa sé, sí | go gcrosaimid; go gcrosa muid |
go gcrosa sibh | go gcrosa siad; go gcrosaid† |
— | go gcrostar |
| past | dá gcrosainn | dá gcrostá | dá gcrosadh sé, sí | dá gcrosaimis; dá gcrosadh muid |
dá gcrosadh sibh | dá gcrosaidís; dá gcrosadh siad |
— | dá gcrostaí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | crosaim | cros | crosadh sé, sí | crosaimis | crosaigí; crosaidh† |
crosaidís | — | crostar |
| past participle | crosta | |||||||
| verbal noun | crosadh | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cros | chros | gcros |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cros”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cros”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cros”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Lombard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kruːs/ (Milanese)
Noun
cros f
Middle English
Noun
cros
- alternative form of cross
Old English
Noun
cros ?
Descendants
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crossland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 388.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin crux. Doublet of croch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾos/
Noun
cros f (genitive croisse or cruisse, nominative plural crossa)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | crosL, cross | croisL, croiss | crosaH, crossa |
| vocative | crosL, cross | croisL, croiss | crosaH, crossa |
| accusative | croisN, croiss | croisL, croiss | crosaH, crossa |
| genitive | croiseH, croisse, cruisse | crosL, cross | crosN, cross |
| dative | croisL, croiss | crosaib, crossaib | crosaib, crossaib |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Quotations
- c. 800, anonymous author, “The St. Gall incantations”, in Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, editors, Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, volume II (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, published 1903, page 249:
- do·bir cros dit ṡailiu for óchtar do chinn
- you put a cross of your spittle on the top of your head
- c. 800, anonymous author, “The rubrics in the Stowe missal”, in Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, editors, Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, volume II (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, published 1903, page 254:
- is hi tór{r}und cruisse suidigthir huile forsin méis
- in the form of a cross is all set on the paten
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cros | chros | cros pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cros”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krus/
Noun
cros f
Derived terms
- crosié
- crosiera
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
cros n (plural crosuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | cros | crosul | crosuri | crosurile | |
| genitive-dative | cros | crosului | crosuri | crosurilor | |
| vocative | crosule | crosurilor | |||