creitem

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kreddīmā, verbal noun of *kreddīti. By surface analysis, creitid +‎ -em.

Pronunciation

Noun

creitem f

  1. verbal noun of creitid
  2. (religion) believing, belief, faith
    • 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. 3c2
      tri chretim i n-Ísu ꝉ isin beothu i táa Ísu iar n-esséirgu
      through belief in Jesus or in the life in which Jesus is after resurrection
    • 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. 7d10
      ɔrop inonn cretem bes hi far cridiu et a n-as·beraid hó bélib
      so that the belief which is in your pl heart and what you utter with lips may be the same
  3. (Christianity) (Christian) religion
  4. credit, credibility, good standing

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative creitemL — —
Vocative creitemL — —
Accusative creitimN — —
Genitive creitmeH — —
Dative creitimL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Irish: creideamh
  • Manx: credjue
  • Scottish Gaelic: creideamh

Mutation

Mutation of creitem
radical lenition nasalization
creitem chreitem creitem
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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