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cinn

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See also: cinn-

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cingid, cinnid (steps, paces, proceeds, goes; overcomes, surpasses, excels, exceeds).

Verb

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cinn (present analytic cinneann, future analytic cinnfidh, verbal noun cinneadh, past participle cinnte) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. (literary) step
  2. (with ar)
    1. surpass, overcome
    2. be too much for
      Chinn orainn aon dul chun cinn a dhéanadh.
      We failed to make any progress.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish cinnid (defines, fixes, settles; completes, finishes; decides (on a course of action), makes a decision), from cenn (head).

Verb

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cinn (present analytic cinneann, future analytic cinnfidh, verbal noun cinneadh, past participle cinnte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) fix, determine, decree, decide
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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cinn m

  1. inflection of ceann (head):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cinn
radical lenition eclipsis
cinn chinn gcinn

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

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Noun

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cinn

  1. inflection of cenn:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

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Mutation of cinn
radical lenition nasalization
cinn chinn cinn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *kinnu (chin).

Compare Old Frisian zin, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German kinni, Old Norse kinn, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) and Latin gena, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Welsh gen, Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃinn/, [t͡ʃin]

Noun

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ċinn n

  1. chin
Declension
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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ċinn ċinn
accusative ċinn ċinn
genitive ċinnes ċinna
dative ċinne ċinnum
Descendants
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  • Middle English: chyn, chin, chinne, chynne, shyne, schyn
    • English: chin
    • Scots: chin, chyn

Etymology 2

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See cynn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cinn n

  1. Alternative form of cynn

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cinn

  1. genitive singular of cenn

Mutation

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Mutation of cinn
radical lenition nasalization
cinn chinn cinn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the root of cineal (progeny, offspring).

Verb

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cinn (past chinn, future cinnidh, verbal noun cinntinn, past participle cinnte)

  1. grow
  2. increase, multiply
  3. prosper

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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cinn m

  1. inflection of ceann:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

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Mutation of cinn
radical lenition
cinn chinn

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN