creidmheach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cretmech.[2] By surface analysis, creideamh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

creidmheach m (genitive singular creidmhigh, nominative plural creidmhigh)

  1. believer

Declension

Declension of creidmheach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative creidmheach creidmhigh
vocative a chreidmhigh a chreidmheacha
genitive creidmhigh creidmheach
dative creidmheach creidmhigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an creidmheach na creidmhigh
genitive an chreidmhigh na gcreidmheach
dative leis an gcreidmheach
don chreidmheach 		leis na creidmhigh

Derived terms

both nouns and adjectives

Adjective

creidmheach (genitive singular masculine creidmhigh, genitive singular feminine creidmhí, plural creidmheacha, comparative creidhmhí)

  1. believing, faithful

Declension

Declension of creidmheach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative creidmheach chreidmheach creidmheacha;
chreidmheacha2
vocative chreidmhigh creidmheacha
genitive creidmhí creidmheacha creidmheach
dative creidmheach;
chreidmheach1 		chreidmheach;
chreidmhigh (archaic) 		creidmheacha;
chreidmheacha2
Comparative níos creidmhí
Superlative is creidmhí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of creidmheach
radical lenition eclipsis
creidmheach chreidmheach gcreidmheach

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

References

  1. ^ “creidmheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “creitmech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cretmech.[1] By surface analysis, creideamh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

creidmheach m (genitive singular creidmhich, plural creidmhich)

  1. believer

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of creidmheach
radical lenition
creidmheach chreidmheach

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

References

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