cinstear
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Dinneen suggests a derivation from English canister,[1] which would make it a doublet of ceanastar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cinstear
- (Munster) Only used in déan cinstear de (“to break into bits”)
References
[edit]- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cinstear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
Further reading
[edit]- “cinstear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy