neo-chreidmheach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. unbeliever, infidel
  2. sceptic
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Adjective

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neo-chreidmheach (comparative neo-chreidmhiche)

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

Further reading

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  • 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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