Cináed
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cináed m (genitive Cinaíd)
- a male given name from Pictish
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
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[edit]
- Rhys, Guto (2015) Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic (PhD thesis)[1], 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.