Críost
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Críst, from Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”)).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCríost m (genitive Chríost)
Derived terms
edit- cairdeas Críost (“sponsorship, gossipred; godparent”)
- cara as Críost (“godparent, baptismal sponsor”)
- Críostaí (“Christian”)
- Íosa Críost (“Jesus Christ”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Críost | Chríost | gCríost |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Críost”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language