ceartchreidmheach

Irish

Etymology

From ceart (“right, correct”) +‎ creideamh (“belief, faith; religion, creed”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ceartchreidmheach (genitive singular masculine ceartchreidmhigh, genitive singular feminine ceartchreidmhí, plural ceartchreidmheacha, comparative ceartchreidmhí)

1. (religion) orthodox

   Synonym: ortadocsach

   Antonym: neamh-cheartchreidmheach

Declension

Declension of ceartchreidmheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceartchreidmheach	cheartchreidmheach	ceartchreidmheacha; cheartchreidmheacha2
vocative	cheartchreidmhigh		ceartchreidmheacha
genitive		ceartchreidmhí	ceartchreidmheacha	ceartchreidmheach
dative	ceartchreidmheach; cheartchreidmheach1	cheartchreidmheach; cheartchreidmhigh (archaic)	ceartchreidmheacha; cheartchreidmheacha2
Comparative	níos ceartchreidmhí
Superlative	is ceartchreidmhí

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

Derived terms

• Ceartchreidmheach Gréagach, Ceartchreidmheach na Gréige (“Greek Orthodox”, adjective)
• Giúdachas Ceartchreidmheach (“Orthodox Judaism”)

 

Related terms

• ceartchreideamh, ceartchreidmheacht, ortadocsacht (“orthodoxy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceartchreidmheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceartchreidmheach	cheartchreidmheach	gceartchreidmheach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceartchreidmheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceartchreidmheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceartchreidmheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024