Críostúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Crístamlacht (“Christianity”), from Crístamail. By surface analysis, Críostúil (“Christian; charitable, humane”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

Críostúlacht f (genitive singular Críostúlachta)

1. Christianity; Christian charity

Declension

Declension of Críostúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative Críostúlacht Vocative a Chríostúlacht Genitive Críostúlachta Dative Críostúlacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Chríostúlacht Genitive na Críostúlachta Dative leis an gCríostúlacht don Chríostúlacht

Synonyms

• (Christianity): Críostaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Críostúlacht	Chríostúlacht	gCríostúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Críostúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Crístamlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language