Cincís
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cengciges, from Latin quīnquāgēsima (literally “fiftieth”), as Whitsun is the fiftieth day of the Easter season.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cincís f (genitive Cincíse, nominative plural Cincísí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Cincís
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- “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