dinnéar

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See also: dínnéar

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish dinér, dinnér, from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from Late Latin disieiūnō (to break the fast), from, dis- + iēiūnō (to fast), from ieiūnus (fasting, abstinent, hungry, adjective).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dinnéar m (genitive singular dinnéir, nominative plural dinnéir)

  1. dinner (evening meal)

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dinnéar dhinnéar ndinnéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dínér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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