cinnteacht

Irish

Etymology

From cinnte +‎ -acht.

Noun

cinnteacht f (genitive singular cinnteachta, nominative plural cinnteachtaí)

1. certainty

   Synonyms: dearfacht, deimhneacht

2. (law) limitation

Declension

Declension of cinnteacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cinnteacht cinnteachtaí vocative a chinnteacht a chinnteachtaí genitive cinnteachta cinnteachtaí dative cinnteacht cinnteachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chinnteacht na cinnteachtaí genitive na cinnteachta na gcinnteachtaí dative leis an gcinnteacht don chinnteacht leis na cinnteachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnteacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cinnteacht	chinnteacht	gcinnteacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinnteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cinnteacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cinnteacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024