cineál
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See also: cineal
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cenél (“race, kindred, kind, type”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cineal, Welsh cenedl (“race, nation”)), from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (“family”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪnˠɑːlˠ/ (as if spelled cionál)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɨ̞nʲalˠ/; /ˈcɨ̞nˠalˠ/[3] (as if spelled cionál)
Noun[edit]
cineál m (genitive singular cineáil, nominative plural cineálacha)
- sort, kind, type
- Synonyms: saghas, sórt, comhchineál
- sex, gender
- (biology) variety
- (agriculture) variety, strain
- Synonyms: pór, tréithchineál
- nature (of materials)
- Synonym: nádúr
- form
- Synonym: foirm
Declension[edit]
Declension of cineál
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
cineál
- kind of, sort of
- Synonym: saghas
- 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish: An Introductory Self-Tutor, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
- Tá an cat cineál dall anois ach tá sé glic go leor mar sin féin.
- The cat is kind of blind now, but he’s clever enough all the same.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cineál | chineál | gcineál |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cenél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cineál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cineál” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cineál” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
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- Irish first-declension nouns
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