Crist

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾist/

Proper noun

Crist m

1. Christ

Alternative forms

• Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ

Etymology

From Old English Crīst, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriːst/

Proper noun

Crist

1. (Jesus) Christ
2. messiah, saviour

Alternative forms

• Krist
• ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ (Ruthwell Cross)

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krist/

Noun

Crist m

1. Christ
   • c. 800, Ruthwell Cross, found in Ruthwell, Scotland.

     ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚩᚾ ᚱᚩᛞᛁ ᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚨ / ᚦᛖᚱ ᚠᚢᛋᚨ ᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾ ᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢ / ᚨᚦᚦᛁᛚᚨ ᛏᛁᛚ ᚪᚾᚢᛗ

     Krist wæs on rodi. Hweþræ'/ þer fusæ fearran kwomu / æþþilæ til anum.

     Christ was on the cross. Yet / the brave came there from afar / to their lord.

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːst/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krɪst/

Proper noun

Crist m

1. Christ

Mutation