krús

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See also: krus and krus'

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German krūs, krōs, of uncertain ultimate origin, but Pokorny proposes an ultimate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”), similar to Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“something bent, crooked”), *krukjō (“staff”).[1]

Noun

krús f (genitive singular krúsar, nominative plural krúsir)

  1. mug, jar, jug
Declension
    Declension of krús
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krús krúsin krúsir krúsirnar
accusative krús krúsina krúsir krúsirnar
dative krús krúsinni krúsum krúsunum
genitive krúsar krúsarinnar krúsa krúsanna

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “385-90”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 385-90

Etymology 2

From Latin crux (“cross”).

Alternative forms

Noun

krús m

  1. (obsolete) cross
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

References

Anagrams

West Frisian

Etymology

From Latin crux

Noun

krús n (plural krusen, diminutive krúske)

  1. cross

Further reading

  • “krús (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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