Creest
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Críst, from Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), in translation of Hebrew משיח (māshīaχ, “anointed”).
Proper noun
editCreest m
Derived terms
edit- Creestee (“Christian”)
- Yeesey Chreest (“Jesus Christ”)
Mutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Creest | Chreest | Greest |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language