dinnéar

See also: dínnéar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dinér, dinnér, from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from Late Latin disieiūnō (to break the fast), from, dis- + iēiūnō (to fast), from ieiūnus (fasting, abstinent, hungry, adjective).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɪˈnʲeːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɪn̠ʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

dinnéar m (genitive singular dinnéir, nominative plural dinnéir)

  1. dinner (evening meal)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dinnéar dhinnéar ndinnéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dínér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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