cinnteach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cinntech.[1] By surface analysis, cinnt +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cinnteach (genitive singular masculine cinntich)

  1. certain, sure, confident, positive
    Bha Seumas cinnteach gun robh an trèan a' tighinn.James was certain that the train was coming.
  2. certain, sure, actual, confident, definite
    Synonym: deimhinn
  3. accurate, authentic, veritable

Usage notes

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  • The preposition à (às before the definite article) or the appropriate prepositional pronoun is used to express "sure of" etc:
    Tha mi cinnteach à ceartas an tagraidh.I am certain of the justice of the claim.
    Bha sinn cinnteach às an toradh.We were sure of the result.
    Tha iad cinnteach asta fhèin.They are confident of themselves.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cinntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cinnteach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN