Críost
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Críost m (genitive Chríost)
Derived terms[edit]
- cairdeas Críost (“sponsorship, gossipred; godparent”)
- cara as Críost (“godparent, baptismal sponsor”)
- Críostaí (“Christian”)
- Íosa Críost (“Jesus Christ”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language