Cináed

Old Irish

Etymology

The traditional derivation from cinid (“to be born, descend from”) + áed (“fire”) is probably a folk etymology; it is more likely to be an adaptation of Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲinaːi̯ð]

Proper noun

Cináed m (genitive Cinaíd)

  1. a male given name from Pictish

Descendants
  • Irish: Cionaodh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cionaodh
  • →? Old Norse: Kinaðr

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Cináed Chináed Cináed
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Rhys, Guto (2015) Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic (PhD thesis)‎, University of Glasgow
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 52
  • Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, Kate Hardcastle, editor (2006) “Kenneth”, in A Dictionary of First Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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