croen

Galician

Verb

croen

1. inflection of croar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

croen

1. inflection of croar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

croen

Etymology

From Old Welsh groen, from Proto-Brythonic *krʉn, from Proto-Celtic *kroknom, syncope of *krokkenom (compare Cornish kroghen, Breton kroc'hen, Old Irish croiccenn), of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut off”), although this gave corwg and ysgaru.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kroːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /krɔi̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kroːn/

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• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯n

Noun

croen m (usually uncountable, plural crwyn)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. hide, pelt
3. rind, peel

Derived terms

• croen gŵydd (“goose bumps”)
• croeniog (“made of skin; thick-skinned”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
croen	groen	nghroen	chroen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.