cinnte

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From cinn (fix, determine).

Participle

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cinnte

  1. past participle of cinn (fix, determine, decree)

Adjective

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cinnte

  1. certain [with de ‘of’]
    Níl mé cinnte ach de rud amháin.I’m certain of only one thing.
  2. definite
  3. mean, stingy
  4. constant
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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cinnte m

  1. genitive singular of cinneadh (determination)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cinnte chinnte gcinnte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cinnte f

  1. genitive singular of cinnt

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cinnte chinnte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.