creideamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish creitem, from creitid (“to believe”) (Modern Irish creid), from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱréddʰh₁eti.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲɛdʲəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲɛdʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲɛdʲu/

Noun

creideamh m (genitive singular creidimh, nominative plural creidimh or creidíocha)

1. belief, faith; religion, creed

   Gan cultúr ná sibhialtacht gan chreideamh i ndéithe.

   No culture or civilization without faith in gods.

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

Alternative declension:

Declension of creideamh

First declension

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

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

Derived terms

• baothchreideamh (“superstition, false belief”)
• 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.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish creitem.

Noun

creideamh m (genitive singular creideimh, plural creideamhan)

1. religion, faith, belief, creed

Synonyms

• diadhachd

Derived terms

• àicheadh-chreidimh (“apostacy”)
• an-chreideamh (“unbelief, scepticism, atheism”)
• eas-creideamh (“disbelief”)
• mì-chreideamh (“heresy, infidelity, scepticism, unbelief”)