different between cruth vs couth

English

Noun

cruth (plural cruths)

1. Alternative spelling of crwth

Anagrams

• rutch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *k?ritus, from Proto-Indo-European *k?er- (“to do, make”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???(h)/

Noun

cruth m (genitive singular crutha, nominative plural cruthanna)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "cruth" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• crud

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *k?ritus (compare Welsh pryd), from Proto-Indo-European *k?er- (“to do, make”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kru?/

Noun

cruth m (genitive crotha)

1. form, shape
2. manner, way

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: cruth
• Manx: croo
• Scottish Gaelic: cruth

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”), from Proto-Celtic *k?ritus, from Proto-Indo-European *k?er- (“to do, make”)

Noun

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

1. shape, form

   Synonym: cumadh

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “cruth” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ku??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ku?/
• Rhymes: -u??

Etymology 1

From Middle English c?uth (“familiar, known; evident, true; famous, respected, well-known; genteel, having good manners”), from Old English c?þ (“familiar, intimate, known, usual; certain, plain, manifest; famous, noted, well-known; excellent; friendly; related”), past participle of cunnan (“to be familiar with, know; can, to be able, know how”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan? (“to be familiar with, know, recognize; to be able, know how”) (compare *kunþaz (“known”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). The word is cognate with Dutch kond (“known”), Saterland Frisian cut (“known”), Gothic ???????????????????? (kunþs, “known”), Icelandic kuðr, kunnur (“known”), Latin gnosco (“to know”), Old High German kund, chund, chunt, Middle High German kunt (modern German kund (“known”)), Old Saxon k?th, cûth, cuð (“known; famous, renowned”), Scots couth (“familiar, known”); and is a doublet of could.

Adjective

couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)

1. (obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.

   Antonym: (obsolete) uncouth
2. (Scotland) Variant of couthie.
   1. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
   2. Comfortable; cosy, snug.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

couth

1. (obsolete except in adjective use) past participle of can

Etymology 2

Back-formation from uncouth.

Adjective

couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)

1. Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

   Antonym: uncouth

Translations

Noun

couth (usually uncountable, plural couths)

1. Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
2. (rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• chout, touch