cineál

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See also: cineal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cenél (race, kindred, kind, type) (compare Scottish Gaelic cineal, Welsh cenedl (race, nation)), from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (family).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Munster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /cɪˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Connacht" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈcɪnˠɑːlˠ/ (as if spelled cionál)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ulster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈcɪnʲælˠ/

Noun

cineál m (genitive singular cineáil, nominative plural cineálacha)

  1. sort, kind, type
    Synonyms: sórt, comhchineál
  2. (biology) variety
  3. (agriculture) variety, strain
    Synonyms: pór, tréithchineál
  4. (of materials) nature
    Synonym: nádúr
  5. form
    Synonym: foirm

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

cineál

  1. kind of, sort of
    • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish: An Introductory Self-Tutor, Yale University Press, →ISBN, p. 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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cineál chineál gcineál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading