cinnteoireacht

Irish

Etymology

From cinnteoir (decision-maker) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cinnteoireacht f (genitive singular cinnteoireachta)

  1. decision making

Declension

Declension of cinnteoireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cinnteoireacht
vocative a chinnteoireacht
genitive cinnteoireachta
dative cinnteoireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chinnteoireacht
genitive na cinnteoireachta
dative leis an gcinnteoireacht
don chinnteoireacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnteoireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cinnteoireacht chinnteoireacht gcinnteoireacht

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

Further reading

  • cinnteoireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025