ainchríostúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ainchrístamail (“un-Christian”), from crístamail. By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) + Críostúil (“Christian; charitable, humane”).
Adjective
[edit]ainchríostúil (genitive singular masculine ainchríostúil, genitive singular feminine ainchríostúla, plural ainchríostúla, comparative ainchríostúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | |
| vocative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | ||
| genitive | ainchríostúla | ainchríostúla | ainchríostúil | |
| dative | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúil | ainchríostúla | |
| Comparative | níos ainchríostúla | |||
| Superlative | is ainchríostúla | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (unchristian): míchríostúil, neamhchríostúil
- (barbarous): barbartha, danartha
Derived terms
[edit]- ainchríostúlacht f (“unchristian behaviour; barbarity”)
Related terms
[edit]- ainchríostaí m (“unbeliever in Christ; unchristian, uncharitable, person”)
- Ainchríost m (“Antichrist”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ainchríostúil | n-ainchríostúil | hainchríostúil | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainchríostúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainchrístamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language