cinnteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʲĩːɲtʲəx/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʲə̃ĩɲtʲəx]

Adjective

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

• 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

• alt cinnteach
• neo-chinnteach

 

Mutation

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cinnteach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cinntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language