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cinn
cinn
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Ring, West Muskerry) IPA(key): /cəiɲ/
- (West Kerry) IPA(key): /ciːnʲ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ciːn̠ʲ/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): [cɪn̠ʲ]
Etymology 1
Verb
cinn (present analytic cinneann, future analytic cinnfidh, verbal noun cinneadh, past participle cinnte)
- to decide
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | cinnim | cinneann tú; cinnir† |
cinneann sé, sí | cinnimid | cinneann sibh | cinneann siad; cinnid† |
a chinneann; a chinneas / a gcinneann*; a gcinneas* |
cinntear |
| past | chinn mé; chinneas | chinn tú; chinnis | chinn sé, sí | chinneamar; chinn muid | chinn sibh; chinneabhair | chinn siad; chinneadar | a chinn / ar chinn* |
cinneadh | |
| past habitual | chinninn | chinnteá | chinneadh sé, sí | chinnimis; chinneadh muid | chinneadh sibh | chinnidís; chinneadh siad | a chinneadh / ar chinneadh* |
chinntí | |
| future | cinnfidh mé; cinnfead |
cinnfidh tú; cinnfir† |
cinnfidh sé, sí | cinnfimid; cinnfidh muid |
cinnfidh sibh | cinnfidh siad; cinnfid† |
a chinnfidh; a chinnfeas / a gcinnfidh*; a gcinnfeas* |
cinnfear | |
| conditional | chinnfinn | chinnfeá | chinnfeadh sé, sí | chinnfimis; chinnfeadh muid | chinnfeadh sibh | chinnfidís; chinnfeadh siad | a chinnfeadh / ar chinnfeadh* |
chinnfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcinne mé; go gcinnead† |
go gcinne tú; go gcinnir† |
go gcinne sé, sí | go gcinnimid; go gcinne muid |
go gcinne sibh | go gcinne siad; go gcinnid† |
— | go gcinntear |
| past | dá gcinninn | dá gcinnteá | dá gcinneadh sé, sí | dá gcinnimis; dá gcinneadh muid |
dá gcinneadh sibh | dá gcinnidís; dá gcinneadh siad |
— | dá gcinntí | |
| imperative | cinnim | cinn | cinneadh sé, sí | cinnimis | cinnigí; cinnidh† |
cinnidís | — | cinntear | |
| verbal noun | cinneadh | ||||||||
| past participle | cinnte | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ceann.
Alternative forms
- (nominative/dative plural): ceanna (Cois Fharraige)
Noun
cinn m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cinn | chinn | gcinn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle Irish
Noun
cinn
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Alternative forms
Noun
ċinn n
- chin
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
- Our English ch (pronounced tch) for original c (as in chin for Old English cin, child for cild) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.
- 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kind”).
Noun
cinn n
- Alternative form of cynn