crux

Etymology
From, possibly from the. .

Noun

 * 1) The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
 * 2) The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
 * 3) A puzzle or difficulty.
 * 4) * 1860, Marian Evans (translator), The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined (originally by )
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 * 1) A puzzle or difficulty.
 * 2) * 1860, Marian Evans (translator), The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined (originally by )
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- The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.


 * 1)  The hardest point of a climb.
 * 2) * 1973, Pat Armstrong, "Klondike Fever: Seventy Years Too Late", in Backpacker, Autumn 1973, page 84:
 * The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.
 * 1)  A cross on a coat of arms.
 * 1)  A cross on a coat of arms.
 * 1)  A cross on a coat of arms.
 * 1)  A cross on a coat of arms.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَرْبِط الْفَرَس
 * Armenian: առանցքային կետ,
 * Bulgarian: същност на проблема
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 * Russian: основная проблема, решающий вопрос,
 * Spanish: punto crucial, punto esencial
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 * Armenian: շրջադարձային կետ
 * Bulgarian: критичен момент
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 * Finnish:, taitekohta
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 * Romanian: moment decisiv


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 * Finnish: vaikein kohta
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Etymology
Borrowed from or, in the phrase.

Noun

 * 1) crucial or otherwise serious, difficult problem

Etymology
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Etymology
From or  (it is uncertain whether the original form was an i-stem), of  origin. Pokorny connected with an assumed extension in ; compare  and. This explanation suffers phonetic, morphological and semantic problems. A modern hypothesis connects 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 and, pointing to , albeit with an unusual root structure and shaky semantics. Alternatively, a loanword from an unidentified or language.

Noun

 * 1) wooden frame on which criminals were crucified, especially a cross
 * 2)  gallows bird; one who deserves to be hanged
 * 3)  torture; misery
 * 4) cross (symbol)

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