díchreidmheach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dí-chreidmheach (superseded)
  • díthchreideamhach, díth-chreideamhach, díthchreidmheach, díth-chreidmheach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish díchreitmech.[2] By surface analysis, dí- +‎ creidmheach and díchreideamh +‎ -ach.

Adjective

díchreidmheach (genitive singular masculine díchreidmhigh, genitive singular feminine díchreidmhí, plural díchreidmheacha, comparative díchreidmhí)

  1. unbelieving
  2. skeptical
  3. incredulous
  4. (nominalized, masculine) infidel
  5. (obsolete) incredible

Declension

Declension of díchreidmheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative díchreidmheach dhíchreidmheach díchreidmheacha;
dhíchreidmheacha2
vocative dhíchreidmhigh díchreidmheacha
genitive díchreidmhí díchreidmheacha díchreidmheach
dative díchreidmheach;
dhíchreidmheach1 		dhíchreidmheach;
dhíchreidmhigh (archaic) 		díchreidmheacha;
dhíchreidmheacha2
Comparative níos díchreidmhí
Superlative is díchreidmhí

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of díchreidmheach
radical lenition eclipsis
díchreidmheach dhíchreidmheach ndíchreidmheach

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

References

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

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