pinsinéir

Irish

Alternative forms

• pinnsinéir (superseded)
• pinsinéara (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner, from Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pinsean +‎ -éir.

Noun

pinsinéir m (genitive singular pinsinéara, nominative plural pinsinéirí)

1. pensioner (someone living on a pension)

Declension

Declension of pinsinéir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pinsinéir pinsinéirí Vocative a phinsinéir a phinsinéirí Genitive pinsinéara pinsinéirí Dative pinsinéir pinsinéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pinsinéir na pinsinéirí Genitive an phinsinéara na bpinsinéirí Dative leis an bpinsinéir don phinsinéir leis na pinsinéirí

Derived terms

• pinsinéir seanaoise m (“old age pensioner”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pinsinéir	phinsinéir	bpinsinéir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pinsinéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “pinnsinéir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pinsinéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pinsinéir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024