dinnéar

See also: dínnéar

Irish

Alternative forms

• dínnéar (Cois Fharraige, Ulster)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɪˈnʲeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪn̠ʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

dinnéar m (genitive singular dinnéir, nominative plural dinnéir)

1. dinner (evening meal)

Declension

Declension of dinnéar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dinnéar dinnéir Vocative a dhinnéir a dhinnéara Genitive dinnéir dinnéar Dative dinnéar dinnéir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dinnéar na dinnéir Genitive an dinnéir na ndinnéar Dative leis an dinnéar don dinnéar leis na dinnéir

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dinnéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN