Crìosdail
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish Crístamail (“Christian”, adjective) (compare Irish Críostúil), from Críst. By surface analysis, Crìosd (“Christ”) + -ail (adjectival suffix).
Related terms
- Crìosdaidh (“Christian”)
- Crìosdaidheachd f (“Christianity”)
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Crístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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