cinnire

Irish

Alternative forms

• cingire

Etymology

cinn +‎ -ire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪn̠ʲəɾʲə/
• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪɲɪɾʲə/

Noun

cinnire m (genitive singular cinnire, nominative plural cinnirí)

1. leader, guide
2. protector
3. provider
4. Alternative form of ceannaire

Declension

Declension of cinnire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cinnire cinnirí vocative a chinnire a chinnirí genitive cinnire cinnirí dative cinnire cinnirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cinnire na cinnirí genitive an chinnire na gcinnirí dative leis an gcinnire don chinnire leis na cinnirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cinnire	chinnire	gcinnire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “cinnire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cinnire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 138
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinnire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN