Crìosdail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Crístamail (“Christian”, adjective) (compare Irish Críostúil), from Críst. By surface analysis, Crìosd (“Christ”) +‎ -ail (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Crìosdail

1. Christian

Related terms

• Crìosdaidh (“Christian”)
• Crìosdaidheachd f (“Christianity”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Crístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language