cinnire

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cinn +‎ -ire

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcin̠ʲəɾʲə/
  • (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈciɲɪɾʲə/

Noun

cinnire m (genitive singular cinnire, nominative plural cinnirí)

  1. leader, guide
  2. protector
  3. provider
  4. alternative form of ceannaire

Declension

Declension of cinnire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cinnire cinnirí
vocative a chinnire a chinnirí
genitive cinnire cinnirí
dative cinnire cinnirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cinnire na cinnirí
genitive an chinnire na gcinnirí
dative leis an gcinnire
don chinnire 		leis na cinnirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnire
radical lenition eclipsis
cinnire chinnire gcinnire

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

References

  1. ^ “cinnire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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