creidmheas

Irish

Etymology

From creid (“to believe”) +‎ meas (“opinion, respect”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲɛdʲˌvʲasˠ/

Noun

creidmheas m (genitive singular creidmheasa, nominative plural creidmheasanna)

1. credit (privilege of delayed payment)

Declension

Declension of creidmheas (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative creidmheas creidmheasanna vocative a chreidmheas a chreidmheasanna genitive creidmheasa creidmheasanna dative creidmheas creidmheasanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an creidmheas na creidmheasanna genitive an chreidmheasa na gcreidmheasanna dative leis an gcreidmheas don chreidmheas leis na creidmheasanna

Derived terms

• cárta creidmheasa
• litir chreidmheasa

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of creidmheas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
creidmheas	chreidmheas	gcreidmheas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “creidṁeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “creidmheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN