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crau.

sty

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kraɨ̯/North-Wales/krai̯/South-Wales

  1. sty

    masculine

  2. eye socket

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh creu, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (“enclosure”) (compare Breton krao (“eye of a needle”), kraou (“stable”), Cornish krow (“hut, shed, sty”), Irish cró (“eye socket; enclosure”)), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁- (“to hide”) (compare Old English hrēodan (“to cover”), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, “to hide”)).

noun/kraɨ̯/North-Wales/krai̯/South-Wales

  1. blood, gore

    feminine · masculine · uncountable

  2. carnage

    feminine · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *krow, from Proto-Celtic *krūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognate with Irish cró, Latin cruor, Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), Old English hrǣw (English raw).

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