Crìosd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Crìost

Etymology

From Old Irish Críst, from Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲiəs̪t̪/

Proper noun

Crìosd m (genitive Chrìosda)

1. (biblical) Christ

Derived terms

• an dèidh Chrìosda (“AD”)
• Crìosdaidh (“Christian”)
• Ìosa Crìosd (“Jesus Christ”)
• ro Chrìosda (“BC”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of Crìosd

radical	lenition
Crìosd	Chrìosd

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