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)

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

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