Críost
Irish
Alternative forms
- Críosta
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): /cɾʲiːsˠt̪ˠ/
Proper noun
Críost m (genitive Chríost)
Derived terms
- cairdeas Críost (“sponsorship, gossipred; godparent”)
- cara as Críost (“godparent, baptismal sponsor”)
- Críostaí (“Christian”)
- Íosa Críost (“Jesus Christ”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Críost | Chríost | gCríost |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Críost”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language