Críostaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Crístaide (“Christian”), from Críst. By surface analysis, Críost (“Christ”) +‎ -aí (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [cɾʲiːsˠˈt̪ˠiː]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈcɾʲiːsˠt̪ˠiː]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈcɾʲiːsˠt̪ˠi]

Adjective

Críostaí

1. Christian

Declension

Declension of Críostaí

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Críostaí	Chríostaí	Críostaí; Chríostaí2
vocative	Chríostaí		Críostaí
genitive		Críostaí	Críostaí	Críostaí
dative	Críostaí; Chríostaí1	Chríostaí	Críostaí; Chríostaí2
Comparative	níos Críostaí
Superlative	is Críostaí

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

Antonyms

• Neamh-Chríostaí (“Non-Christian”, adjective)

Derived terms

• Críostaíocht f (“Christianity; Christendom”)
• réamh-Chríostaí (“pre-Christian”, adjective)

Noun

Críostaí m (genitive singular Críostaí, nominative plural Críostaithe)

1. Christian

Declension

Declension of Críostaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Críostaí Críostaithe vocative a Chríostaí a Chríostaithe genitive Críostaí Críostaithe dative Críostaí Críostaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Críostaí na Críostaithe genitive an Chríostaí na gCríostaithe dative leis an gCríostaí don Chríostaí leis na Críostaithe

Antonyms

• ainchríostaí m (“unbeliever in Christ; unchristian, uncharitable, person”)
• Neamh-Chríostaí m (“Non-Christian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Críostaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Críostaí	Chríostaí	gCríostaí

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Críostaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Crístaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language