Críostúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Críosdamhail, Críosdamhuil, Críosdúil, Críostamhail, Críostamhuil (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish Crístamail (“Christian”, adjective) (compare Scottish Gaelic Crìosdail).[2] By surface analysis, Críost (“Christ”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Críostúil (genitive singular masculine Críostúil, genitive singular feminine Críostúla, plural Críostúla, comparative Críostúla)

  1. (dated) Christian
  2. (figurative) virtuous, pious, charitable, humane

Declension

Declension of Críostúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Críostúil Chríostúil Críostúla;
Chríostúla2
vocative Chríostúil Críostúla
genitive Críostúla Críostúla Críostúil
dative Críostúil;
Chríostúil1 		Chríostúil Críostúla;
Chríostúla2
Comparative níos Críostúla
Superlative is Críostúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Críostúil
radical lenition eclipsis
Críostúil Chríostúil gCríostúil

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

References

  1. ^ “Críostúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Crístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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