Cincís
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cengciges, from Latin quīnquāgēsima (literally “fiftieth”), as Whitsun is the fiftieth day of the Easter season.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cincís f (genitive Cincíse, nominative plural Cincísí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Cincís
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Cincís | Chincís | gCincís |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ “Cincís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cingciges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 46
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Cingcís”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cincís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN