Cincís

Irish

Alternative forms
  • Cíncís
  • Cingcís, Cinncís (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cengciges, from Latin quīnquāgēsima (literally “fiftieth”), as Whitsun is the fiftieth day of the Easter season.[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cincís f (genitive Cincíse, nominative plural Cincísí)

  1. Whitsun, Pentecost (Christian festival)

Declension
Declension of Cincís

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Cincís Cincísa
Vocative a Chincís a Chincísa
Genitive Cincíse Cincís
Dative Cincís Cincísa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Chincís na Cincísa
Genitive na Cincíse na gCincís
Dative leis an gCincís

don Chincís

 leis na Cincísa

Derived terms
  • cincíseach, Cincíseach

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Cincís Chincís gCincís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “Cincís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cingciges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 46

Further reading
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