krusts
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- (historical) cross wooden post with attached beam used to execute criminals by crucifixion
- (figuratively) suffering, hardship; nuisance by implicit comparison with the crucifixion
- (Christianity) cross main symbol of the Christian religion, in the shape of the instrument used to execute Jesus
- cross (non-religious) decoration in the shape of a cross
- cross symbol, ornament or decorative element, consisting of at least two lines that cross
- cross objects, elements that cross each other
- (card games) clubs one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (cross).
Origin
Old East Slavic
крьстъ
Gloss
cross
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Crosby English
- crosier English
- cruciform English
- crunode English
- crux English
- risti Finnish
- ruksi Finnish
- *crox Latin
- crucifigo Latin
- crucio Latin
- crux Latin
- Crux German
- croce Italian
- crux Dutch, Flemish
- crucial French
- крест Russian
- крестик Russian
- крестный Russian
- крестовина Russian
- крестовый Russian
- крестоносец Russian
- окрест Russian
- cruz Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- kryss Norwegian Bokmål
- krzyż Polish
- kryss Norwegian Nynorsk
- cros Old English
- cruc Old English
- kross Old Norse
- kors Danish
- *krьstъ Proto-Slavic
- kruci Czech
- crois Old French
- encrucillada Galician
- croes Welsh
- cruce Middle Dutch
- chruzi Old High German
- krūzi Old High German
- en Latvian
- gen.] Latvian
- genitive Latvian
- kāškrusts Latvian
- kāšu Latvian
- uguns Latvian
- ugunskrusts Latvian
- croch Old Irish
- cros Old Irish
- krossur Faroese
- rist Estonian
- crūci Old Saxon
- kríž Slovak
- крьстъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- kryžius Lithuanian
- крьстъ Old East Slavic
- kruze Low German
- kelistaq Yup'ik
- кірес Khakas