cinntiú

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cinntiughadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Noun

cinntiú m (genitive singular cinntithe)

  1. verbal noun of cinntigh
  2. confirmation
  3. (philosophy) determination
  4. (geography) delimitation
    Synonym: teorannú

Declension

Declension of cinntiú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cinntiú
vocative a chinntiú
genitive cinntithe
dative cinntiú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cinntiú
genitive an chinntithe
dative leis an gcinntiú
don chinntiú

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinntiú
radical lenition eclipsis
cinntiú chinntiú gcinntiú

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

Further reading