Críostúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Crístamail (“Christian”, adjective) (compare Scottish Gaelic Crìosdail). By surface analysis, Críost (“Christ”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
Críostúil (genitive singular masculine Críostúil, genitive singular feminine Críostúla, plural Críostúla, comparative Críostúla)
Declension edit
Declension of Críostúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Críostúil | Chríostúil | Críostúla; Chríostúla² | |
| Vocative | Chríostúil | Críostúla | ||
| Genitive | Críostúla | Críostúla | Críostúil | |
| Dative | Críostúil; Chríostúil¹ |
Chríostúil | Críostúla; Chríostúla² | |
| Comparative | níos Críostúla | |||
| Superlative | is Críostúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
- (Christian): Críostaí
- (humane): daonna, daonnachtúil
Antonyms edit
- ainchríostúil (“unchristian; barbarous”)
- míchríostúil (“unchristian”)
- neamhchríostúil (“unchristian; uncharitable”)
Derived terms edit
- Críostúlacht f (“Christianity; Christian charity”)
Related terms edit
- Críostaíocht f (“Christianity; Christendom”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Críostúil | Chríostúil | gCríostúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Críostúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Crístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language