cinniúint

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cinnemain, verbal noun of cinnid (to fix, settle).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cinniúint f (genitive singular cinnúna)

  1. fate, destiny, fortune
  2. lot (part or fate that befalls one), portion
  3. fatality (that which is decreed by fate or which is fatal)
  4. tragedy (disastrous event)

Declension

  • cinn (determine, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cinniúint chinniúint gcinniúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. cinniúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cinnemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84

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