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Críosdamhail, Críosdamhuil, Críosdúil, Críostamhail, Críostamhuil (superseded)^[1]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

(dated) Christian
(figurative) virtuous, pious, charitable, humane

Declension

Declension of *Críostúil*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Críostúil	Chríostúil	Críostúla; Chríostúla²
vocative	Chríostúil	Chríostúil	Críostúla
genitive	Chríostúil	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

(Christian): Críostaí
(humane): daonna, daonnachtúil

Antonyms

ainchríostúil (“unchristian; barbarous”)
míchríostúil (“unchristian”)
neamhchríostúil (“unchristian; uncharitable”)

Derived terms

Críostúlacht f (“Christianity; Christian charity”)

Related terms

Críostaíocht f (“Christianity; Christendom”)

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

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