cruimther
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Primitive Irish ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir), from Old Welsh primter, from Latin presbyter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cruimther m
- priest
- Synonym: sacart (the usual term)
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 211
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cruimther | cruimtherL | cruimthirL |
Vocative | cruimthir | cruimtherL | cruimtheruH |
Accusative | cruimtherN | cruimtherL | cruimtheruH |
Genitive | cruimthirL | cruimther | cruimtherN |
Dative | cruimtherL | cruimtheraib | cruimtheraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
- Middle Irish: cruimther, cruimmther, cruimper
- Irish: cruimhthir
- Scottish Gaelic: cruimthear
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cruimther | chruimther | cruimther pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cruimther”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language