Cincís

Irish

Alternative forms

• Cíncís
• Cingcís, Cinncís (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪɲˈciːʃ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪɲciːʃ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪɲciʃ/

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.

Further reading

• “Cincís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cingciges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Cingcís”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cincís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46