English

A crwth

Alternative forms

• crowd
• cruth
• crowth
• crouth

Noun

crwth ‎(plural crwths)

1. (music, historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard.

Synonyms

• rote

Derived terms

• crowder
• Crowder (surname)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 1910. The Encyclopedia Britannica. Pg. 513.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *krottos ‎(“round thing”); compare Old Irish crott ‎(“harp, lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruːθ/

Noun

crwth m (plural crythau)

1. (music) crwth; fiddle, violin, viol
   1. purring (of a cat)
2. hump, hunch on the back, convexity; hunchback; hunchbacked, rounded, bent, convex
3. anything of round or bulging shape, especially a vessel, basket, box

Mutation

References

• “crwth” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.