cinniúint
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cinnemain, verbal noun of cinnid (“to fix, settle”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cinniúint f (genitive singular cinnúna)
- fate, destiny, fortune
- lot (part or fate that befalls one), portion
- fatality (that which is decreed by fate or which is fatal)
- tragedy (disastrous event)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cinniúint
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
[edit]- cinn (“determine”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cinniúint | chinniúint | gcinniúint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “cinniúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cinnemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cinneaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 138
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinniúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN