Irish
Etymology
From cinnte + -acht.
Noun
cinnteacht f (genitive singular cinnteachta, nominative plural cinnteachtaí)
- certainty
- Synonyms: dearfacht, deimhneacht
- (law) limitation
Declension
Declension of cinnteacht (third declension)
bare forms
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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cinnteacht
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cinnteachtaí
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vocative
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a chinnteacht
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a chinnteachtaí
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genitive
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cinnteachta
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cinnteachtaí
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dative
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cinnteacht
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cinnteachtaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cinnteacht
radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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cinnteacht
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chinnteacht
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gcinnteacht
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinnteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cinnteacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cinnteacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025