abstol

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

ostal

Etymology

From Old Irish apstal, from Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

Noun

abstol m (genitive singular abstoil, plural abstolan or abstoil)

(Christianity) apostle

Derived terms

Leabhar Ghnìomharan nan Abstol m (“The Book of the Acts of the Apostles”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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