Críostaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Crístaidecht (“Christianity; Christendom”) (compare Scottish Gaelic Crìosdaidheachd), from Crístaide (“Christian”); synchronically, Críostaí (“Christian”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

Críostaíocht f (genitive singular Críostaíochta)

Christianity; Christendom

Declension

Declension of Críostaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	Críostaíocht
Vocative	a Chríostaíocht
Genitive	Críostaíochta
Dative	Críostaíocht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Chríostaíocht
Genitive	na Críostaíochta
Dative	leis an gCríostaíocht don Chríostaíocht

Synonyms

(Christianity): Críostúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Críostaíocht	Chríostaíocht	gCríostaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"Críostaíocht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“Crístaidecht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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