muintir
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally the dative singular, from Old Irish muinter.
Pronunciation
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Noun
muintir f (genitive singular muintire, nominative plural muintireacha)
- family
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- relative
- people, folk, tribe, nation, band
Usage notes
- When used by itself, in modern Irish it refers to ‘parents’;
- When used with a following attributive noun, it means ‘folk’ or ‘people’:
- muintir na hÉireann (“the Irish”)
- muintir na Spáinne (“the Spanish”)
Declension
Declension of muintir
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (parents): tuismitheoirí
Derived terms
- athair muintire m (“the father of a family”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muintir | mhuintir | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 193
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muintir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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