creideamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish creitem.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA: [ˈcɾʲɛdʲəvˠ]
• (Mayo) IPA: [ˈcɾʲɛdʲuː]
• (Ulster) IPA: [ˈcɾʲɛdʲu]

Noun

creideamh m (genitive creidimh, nominative plural creidimh)

1. belief, faith; religion, creed

Declension

Declension of creideamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative creideamh creidimh Vocative a chreidimh a chreideamha Genitive creidimh creideamh Dative creideamh creidimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an creideamh na creidimh Genitive an chreidimh na gcreideamh Dative leis an gcreideamh don chreideamh leis na creidimh

Declension of creideamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative creideamh creidmheacha Vocative a chreidimh a chreidmheacha Genitive creidimh creidmheacha Dative creideamh creidmheacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an creideamh na creidmheacha Genitive an chreidimh na gcreidmheacha Dative leis an gcreideamh don chreideamh leis na creidmheacha

Derived terms

• creidmheach (“believing, faithful; believer”)
• idirchreidmheach (“interdenominational, interconfessional”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
creideamh	chreideamh	gcreideamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish creitem.

Noun

creideamh m (genitive creideimh, plural creideamhan)

1. religion, faith, belief, creed

Derived terms

• ana-creideamh
• eas-creideamh
• mì-chreideamh

Synonyms

• diadhachd