creidmheáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • creidbheáil[1]

Etymology

From creideamh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲedʲvʲælʲ/[2]; /ˈcɾʲedʲvʲæl̠ʲtʲ/[3] (as if spelled creidmheáilt)

Noun

creidmheáil f (genitive singular creidmheála)

  1. Ulster form of creidiúint: verbal noun of creid

Declension

Declension of creidmheáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative creidmheáil
vocative a chreidmheáil
genitive creidmheála
dative creidmheáil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chreidmheáil
genitive na creidmheála
dative leis an gcreidmheáil
don chreidmheáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of creidmheáil
radical lenition eclipsis
creidmheáil chreidmheáil gcreidmheáil

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

References

  1. ^ creidmheáil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 327, page 114
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 32

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