cinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• (nominative/dative plural): ceanna (Cois Fharraige)

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ciːnʲ], [cəiɲ]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ciːn̠ʲ], [cɪnʲ]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [cɪn̠ʲ]

Noun

cinn m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive of ceann
2. Template:nominative plural of
3. (deprecated template usage) dative plural of ceann

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Old English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”) (compare Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) zin, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German (deprecated template usage) kinni, Old Norse (deprecated template usage) kinn, Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (compare Latin (deprecated template usage) gena, Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) γένυς (génus), Welsh (deprecated template usage) gen, Tocharian A (deprecated template usage) śanwem, Old Armenian (deprecated template usage) ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) žandas, Persian (deprecated template usage) چانه (čâne), Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) हनु (hánu)).

Noun

ċinn n

1. chin

Descendants

• Middle English: chin
  • English: chin

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kind”).

Noun

cinn n

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of cynn

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [kʲiːɲ]

Noun

cinn m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive of ceann
2. Template:nominative plural of

Verb

cinn (present participle a' cinntinn, simple past chinn, past participle cinnte)

1. To grow
2. To prosper