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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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crùidein, the king-fisher, Ir. cruidín:
cruidhean, paw (Arm.) = crùibhean.
cruimh, a worm, Ir. cnuimh, O. Ir. cruinn, W., Cor. pryf, Br. prenv, *qṛmi-; Lit. ki??rmis, Lett. sérms; Skr. kṛmis, krímis.
cruinn, round, so Ir., O. Ir. cruind, W. crwn, Br. krenn, *krundi-s; root kuro-, circle, turn, as in car, q.v. Cf. Lat. curvus; Gr. κυρτός, bunt, κορώνη, ring, Lat. corona, Eng. crown. Bezzenberger cfs. the form crundi- from kur to Lat. rotundus from rota.
crùisgein, a lamp, jug, Ir. crúisgín; from M. Eng. cruskyn, from O. Fr. creusequin, from Teut. krûs, whence Eng. cruse.
crùisle, crùidse, mausoleum, hollow vault of a church; from M. Eng. cruddes, vault, crypt, crowd, by-form of Eng. crypt.
cruit, a harp, so Ir., O. Ir. crot, W. crwth, fidicula, Late Lat. (600 A.D.) chrotta, *krotta: krot-ta-, from krot, kurt, root kur, as in G. cruinn, round, q.v., Gr. κυρτός (do.): "the curved instrument". Stokes refers it to the root krot, strike, as in Gr. κροτέω, rattle, clap. Hence Eng. crowd.
cruithneachd, cruineachd, wheat, Ir. cruithneachd, O. Ir. cruithnecht: *kṛt-on-, root kert, ker, cut, "that which is cut"; Lit. kertù, cut; Gr. κείρω, Lat. curtus, etc. (Rhys). It has been compared to the Lat. Ceres, Eng. cereal, and Lat. cresco, creo, as in cruth.
crùlaist, a rocky hill (H.S.D., from MSS.); from cruaidh? Cf. cruailinn.
crumag, the plant skirret; Sc. crummock. From Gaelic crom (Cameron).
cruman, the hip bone, Ir. crumán, hip bone, crooked surgical instrument; from crom.
crùn, crown, Ir. crún; from M. Eng. crune, from O. Fr. coronne, from Lat. corona.
crunnluadh, a quick measure in pipe music: cruinn+luath.
crup, crouch, contract, Ir. crupaim; founded on the M. Eng. cruppel, cripple, a root crup, appearing in Sc. cruppen, contracted. See crùbach.
crùsbal, crucible (Hend.).
cruscladh, wrinkling:
cruth, form, figure, O. Ir. cruth, W. pryd, *qṛtu-s, root qer, make; Lat. cerus, creator, creo, Eng. create; Lit. kuriù, build; Skr. kar, make, kṛtas, made.
cruthach, placenta of mare:
cù, a dog, Ir., O. Ir. cú, g. con, W. ci, pl. cwn, Cor., Br. ki, pl. Br. koun, *kuô, g. *kunos; Gr. κúων; Lat. canis; Eng. hound; Skr. çvâ, g. çúnas.
