Crístaide

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • Crístide

Etymology

From Críst +‎ -ide, a calque of Latin Chrīstiānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲrʲiːstɨðʲe]

Noun

Crístaide m

  1. a Christian

Declension

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative Crístaide CrístaideL CrístaidiL
vocative Crístaidi CrístaideL Crístaidiu
accusative CrístaideN CrístaideL CrístaidiuH
genitive CrístaidiL CrístaideL CrístaideN
dative CrístaidiuL Crístaidib Crístaidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d1
    i ccach lucc i mbet Crístidi olchene
    in every place in which there are Christians besides

Descendants

  • Irish: Críostaí
  • Manx: Creestee
  • Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidh

Mutation

Mutation of Crístaide
radical lenition nasalization
Crístaide Chrístaide Crístaide
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

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