cinn
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /cəiɲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ciːnʲ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ciːn̠ʲ/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /cɪn̠ʲ/
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish cingid, cinnid (“steps, paces, proceeds, goes; overcomes, surpasses, excels, exceeds”).
Verb edit
cinn (present analytic cinneann, future analytic cinnfidh, verbal noun cinneadh, past participle cinnte) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish cinnid (“defines, fixes, settles; completes, finishes; decides (on a course of action), makes a decision”), from cenn (“head”).
Verb edit
cinn (present analytic cinneann, future analytic cinnfidh, verbal noun cinneadh, past participle cinnte)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms edit
- (nominative/dative plural): ceanna (Cois Fharraige)
Noun edit
cinn m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cinn | chinn | gcinn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cinnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cinn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cinn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
Middle Irish edit
Noun edit
cinn
- inflection of cenn:
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cinn | chinn | cinn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kinnu (“chin”).
Compare Old Frisian zin, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German kinni, Old Norse kinn, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) and Latin gena, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Welsh gen, Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ċinn n
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See cynn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cinn n
- Alternative form of cynn
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cinn
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cinn | chinn | cinn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the root of cineal (“progeny, offspring”).
Verb edit
cinn (past chinn, future cinnidh, verbal noun cinntinn, past participle cinnte)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
cinn m
- inflection of ceann:
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cinn | chinn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |