neo-chreidmheach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish nebchretem +‎ -ach (compare Irish neamhchreidmheach). By surface analysis, neo- +‎ creidmheach.

Noun[edit]

neo-chreidmheach m (genitive singular neo-chreidmhich, plural neo-chreidmhich)

  1. unbeliever, infidel
  2. sceptic

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Adjective[edit]

neo-chreidmheach (comparative neo-chreidmhiche)

  1. sceptical
  2. non-religious, non-denominational

Further reading[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “neo-chreidmheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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