Crìosdail
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish Crístamail (“Christian”, adjective) (compare Irish Críostúil), from Críst. By surface analysis, Crìosd (“Christ”) + -ail (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
Crìosdail
Related terms
- Crìosdaidh (“Christian”)
- Crìosdaidheachd f (“Christianity”)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Crístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language