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
- Christ
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
- Is i persin Críst da·gníu-sa sin.
- It is in the person of Christ that I do that.
- Is i persin Críst da·gníu-sa sin.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
Derived terms
- Crístaide (“Christian”)
Descendants
- Irish: Críost
- Manx: Creest
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Críst | Chríst | Críst pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “Críst” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.