ainchríostúil
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ainchrístamail (“un-Christian”), from crístamail. By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) + Críostúil (“Christian; charitable, humane”).
Adjective
[edit]ainchríostúil (genitive singular masculine ainchríostúil, genitive singular feminine ainchríostúla, plural ainchríostúla, comparative ainchríostúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ainchríostúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | |
| Vocative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | ||
| Genitive | ainchríostúla | ainchríostúla | ainchríostúil | |
| Dative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | |
| Comparative | níos ainchríostúla | |||
| Superlative | is ainchríostúla | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (unchristian): míchríostúil, neamhchríostúil
- (barbarous): barbartha, danartha
Derived terms
[edit]- ainchríostúlacht f (“unchristian behaviour; barbarity”)
Related terms
[edit]- ainchríostaí m (“unbeliever in Christ; unchristian, uncharitable, person”)
- Ainchríost m (“Antichrist”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainchríostúil | n-ainchríostúil | hainchríostúil | not applicable |
| 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) “ainchríostúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainchrístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language