cineál
See also: cineal
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cenél (“race, kindred, kind, type”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cineal, Welsh cenedl (“race, nation”)), from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (“family”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪnˠɑːlˠ/ (as if spelled cionál)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɨ̞nʲalˠ/; /ˈcɨ̞nˠalˠ/[3] (as if spelled cionál)
Noun edit
cineál m (genitive singular cineáil, nominative plural cineálacha)
- sort, kind, type
- Synonyms: saghas, sórt, comhchineál
- sex, gender
- (biology) variety
- (agriculture) variety, strain
- Synonyms: pór, tréithchineál
- nature (of materials)
- Synonym: nádúr
- form
- Synonym: foirm
Declension edit
Declension of cineál
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Bare forms:
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Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
cineál
- kind of, sort of
- Synonym: saghas
- 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish: An Introductory Self-Tutor, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
- Tá an cat cineál dall anois ach tá sé glic go leor mar sin féin.
- The cat is kind of blind now, but he’s clever enough all the same.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cineál | chineál | gcineál |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cenél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cineál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cineál” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cineál” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.