Críst

See also: Crist

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), in translation of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”)).

Pronunciation

• (nominative, accusative, and dative): IPA^(key): /kʲrʲiːst/
• (genitive and vocative): IPA^(key): /kʲrʲiːsʲtʲ/

Proper noun

Críst m

1. Christ

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Críst.

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Críst	—	—
Vocative	Críst	—	—
Accusative	CrístN	—	—
Genitive	CrístL	—	—
Dative	CrístL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Crístaide (“Christian”)

Descendants

• Irish: Críost
• Manx: Creest
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd

Mutation

Mutation of Críst

radical	lenition	nasalization
Críst	Chríst	Críst pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Críst”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language