cruimhthir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruimther, from Primitive Irish ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir), from Old Welsh primter, from Latin presbyter.

Noun

cruimhthir m (genitive singular cruimhthreach, nominative plural cruimhthreach)

  1. (archaic) priest, presbyter
    Synonym: sagart

Declension
Declension of cruimhthir

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cruimhthir cruimhthreach
Vocative a chruimhthir a chruimhthreach
Genitive cruimhthreach cruimhthreach
Dative cruimhthir cruimhthreach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cruimhthir na cruimhthreach
Genitive an chruimhthreach na gcruimhthreach
Dative leis an gcruimhthir

don chruimhthir

 leis na cruimhthreach

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruimhthir chruimhthir gcruimhthir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “cruiṁṫir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • “cruimhthir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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