Crìosd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Crìost

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲiəs̪t̪/

Proper noun

Crìosd m (genitive Chrìosda)

(biblical) Christ

Derived terms

an dèidh Chrìosda (“AD”)
Crìosdaidh (“Christian”)
Ìosa Crìosd (“Jesus Christ”)
ro Chrìosda (“BC”)

Mutation

Mutation of *Crìosd*
radical	lenition
Crìosd	Chrìosd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.