Críost

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Críosta

Etymology

From Old Irish Críst,[1] 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

Proper noun

Críost m (genitive Chríost)

  1. Christ

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Críost
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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 177
  4. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 248

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Críost”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 265; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Críost”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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