cinnteoireacht

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Irish

Etymology

From cinnteoir (decision-maker) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cinnteoireacht f (genitive singular cinnteoireachta)

  1. decision making

Declension

Declension of cinnteoireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cinnteoireacht
vocative a chinnteoireacht
genitive cinnteoireachta
dative cinnteoireacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinnteoireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cinnteoireacht chinnteoireacht gcinnteoireacht

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

Further reading

  • cinnteoireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025