Borrowed from Spanish cruz. Doublet of kurus.
krus
From late Old Norse krús, maybe 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]
krus n (singular definite kruset, plural indefinite krus)
neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | krus | kruset | krus | krusene |
genitive | krus' | krusets | krus' | krusenes |
Verbal noun to kruse (“frizzle, ripple, ruffle, curl”), from Middle Low German krūsen, from krūs (“frizzy”), from the same ultimate origin as Etymology 3 below.
krus n (singular definite kruset, not used in plural form)
See kruse.
krus
krus
Old Norse krús. Cognate with Swedish krus and Danish krus. May be related to Russian кружка (kružka) with uncertain etymology.
krus f (definite singular krusa, indefinite plural kruser, definite plural krusene)
krus n (definite singular kruset, indefinite plural krus, definite plural krusa)
From Old Norse krús, from Middle Low German krus, kros, 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]
krus n
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | krus | krus |
definite | kruset | krusets | |
plural | indefinite | krus | krus |
definite | krusen | krusens |
krus n
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | krus | krus |
definite | kruset | krusets | |
plural | indefinite | krus | krus |
definite | krusen | krusens |
Borrowed from Spanish cruz (“cross”).
krus (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
krus (Sulat Sūg spelling كْرُسْ) (Philippines)