cruimther
Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir), from Old Welsh primter, from Latin presbyter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkruṽʲθʲer/
Noun
cruimther m
- priest
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 211
- cruimther .i. gōidelg indī as prespiter
- cruimther i.e. the Irish for prespiter
- Synonym: sacart (the usual term)
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 211
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cruimther | cruimtherL | cruimthirL |
| Vocative | cruimthir | cruimtherL | cruimtheruH |
| Accusative | cruimtherN | cruimtherL | cruimtheruH |
| Genitive | cruimthirL | cruimther | cruimtherN |
| Dative | cruimtherL | cruimtheraib | cruimtheraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: cruimther, cruimmther, cruimper
- Irish: cruimhthir
- Scottish Gaelic: cruimthear
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cruimther | chruimther | cruimther pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cruimther”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language