muinntir

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Irish

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire, nominative plural muinntireacha)

  1. Superseded spelling of muintir.

Declension

Declension of muinntir

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative muinntir muinntireacha
Vocative a mhuinntir a mhuinntireacha
Genitive muinntire muinntireacha
Dative muinntir muinntireacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhuinntir na muinntireacha
Genitive na muinntire na muinntireacha
Dative leis an muinntir

don mhuinntir

leis na muinntireacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muinntir mhuinntir not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 18 October 2022

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter (“family, community, attendants”).

Pronunciation

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire or muinntreach, no plural)

  1. people, folk, inhabitants
    'S ann de mhuinntir Uibhist a tha e.
    He is a native of Uist, or His relations are Uist people.
    • 2019 December 2, “Tha dragh ann gun caill Lios Mòr seirbheis aiseig do luchd-coise”, in BBC News‎:
      Tha dà bhàt'-aiseig a' frithealadh air muinntir Lios Mòir.
      There are two ferries serving inhabitants of Lismore.
  2. family, relations, household
    Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhèin ris.
    His own relations did not receive him.
  3. tribe, clan, kindred
  4. servants, farmhands
  5. cast (company of actors)
  6. population
  7. train (retinue)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
muinntir mhuinntir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “muinntir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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