cineálta

Irish

Alternative forms

cinéalta, cineulta (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cinélta; By surface analysis, cineál +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪˈnʲɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪnˠɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/ (as if spelled cionálta)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞nʲal̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

cineálta

1. kind (affectionate, nice)

Declension

Declension of cineálta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cineálta	chineálta	cineálta; chineálta2
vocative	chineálta		cineálta
genitive		cineálta	cineálta	cineálta
dative	cineálta; chineálta1	chineálta	cineálta; chineálta2
Comparative	níos cineálta
Superlative	is cineálta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cineáltas

Mutation

Mutated forms of cineálta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cineálta	chineálta	gcineálta

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

Further reading

• “cineálta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cineolta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cineálta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cineálta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN