English

Noun

cruth ‎(plural cruths)

1. Alternative form of crwth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruth ‎(“form, shape, appearance; beauty of form, shapeliness”).

Noun

cruth m ‎(genitive singular crutha, nominative plural cruthanna)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "cruth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 cruth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cruth ‎(“form, shape, appearance; beauty of form, shapeliness”).

Noun

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

1. shape, form

Synonyms

• cumadh

Derived terms

• cruth-clò ‎(“font”)
• cruth-tìre ‎(“landscape”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 cruth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.