ceint

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French

Etymology

From Old French ceint, from Latin cinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃/
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Participle

ceint (feminine ceinte, masculine plural ceints, feminine plural ceintes)

  1. past participle of ceindre

Verb

ceint

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ceindre

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From English cent.

Noun

ceint m (genitive singular ceint, nominative plural ceinteanna)

  1. (money) (American) cent

Declension

Declension of ceint (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceint ceinteanna
vocative a cheint a cheinteanna
genitive ceint ceinteanna
dative ceint ceinteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ceint na ceinteanna
genitive an cheint na gceinteanna
dative leis an gceint
don cheint
leis na ceinteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceint
radical lenition eclipsis
ceint cheint gceint

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

Further reading

Old French

Noun

ceint oblique singularm (oblique plural ceinz or ceintz, nominative singular ceinz or ceintz, nominative plural ceint)

  1. Alternative form of cent