muinntir

Irish

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire, nominative plural muinntireacha)

1. Superseded spelling of muintir.

Declension

Declension of muinntir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muinntir muinntireacha Vocative a mhuinntir a mhuinntireacha Genitive muinntire muinntireacha Dative muinntir muinntireacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhuinntir na muinntireacha Genitive na muinntire na muinntireacha Dative leis an muinntir don mhuinntir leis na muinntireacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muinntir	mhuinntir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 18 October 2022

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter (“family, community, attendants”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɯiɲtʲɪɾʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈməin̪ʲtʃʰəð]

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire or muinntreach, no plural)

1. people, folk, inhabitants

   'S ann de mhuinntir Uibhist a tha e.

   He is a native of Uist, or His relations are Uist people.

   • 2019 December 2, “Tha dragh ann gun caill Lios Mòr seirbheis aiseig do luchd-coise”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Tha dà bhàt'-aiseig a' frithealadh air muinntir Lios Mòir.

     There are two ferries serving inhabitants of Lismore.

2. family, relations, household

   Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhèin ris.

   His own relations did not receive him.

3. tribe, clan, kindred
4. servants, farmhands
5. cast (company of actors)
6. population
7. train (retinue)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
muinntir	mhuinntir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “muinntir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language