cinnte

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cinn (“fix, determine”).

Participle

cinnte

  1. past participle of cinn (“fix, determine, decree”)

Adjective

cinnte

  1. certain [with de ‘of’]
    Níl mé cinnte ach de rud amháin. ― I’m certain of only one thing.
  2. definite
  3. mean, stingy
  4. constant
Declension
Declension of cinnte
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cinnte chinnte cinnte;
chinnte2
vocative chinnte cinnte
genitive cinnte cinnte cinnte
dative cinnte;
chinnte1 		chinnte cinnte;
chinnte2
Comparative níos cinnte
Superlative is cinnte

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cinnte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cinnte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cinnte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “cinnte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cinnte m

  1. genitive singular of cinneadh (“determination”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnte
radical lenition eclipsis
cinnte chinnte gcinnte

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages 19–33
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 212

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰʲĩːɲtʲə/

Noun

cinnte f

  1. genitive singular of cinnt

Mutation

Mutation of cinnte
radical lenition
cinnte chinnte

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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