Cináed

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Old Irish

Etymology

The traditional derivation from cinid (to be born, descend from) + áed (fire) is probably a folk etymology; it is more likely to be an adaptation of Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cináed m (genitive Cinaíd)

  1. a male given name from Pictish

Descendants

  • Irish: Cionaodh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cionaodh
  • ? Old Norse: Kinaðr

Mutation

Mutation of Cináed
radical lenition nasalization
Cináed Chináed Cináed
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.

Further reading

  • Rhys, Guto (2015) Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic (PhD thesis)‎, University of Glasgow
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 52
  • Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, Kate Hardcastle, editor (2006) “Kenneth”, in A Dictionary of First Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.