cinntitheach

Irish

Etymology

From cinntithe +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cinntitheach (genitive singular masculine cinntithigh, genitive singular feminine cinntithí, plural cinntitheacha, comparative cinntithí)

1. decisive

   Synonym: cinniúnach

2. determinative

Declension

Declension of cinntiteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cinntiteach	chinntiteach	cinntiteacha; chinntiteacha2
vocative	chinntithigh		cinntiteacha
genitive		cinntithí	cinntiteacha	cinntiteach
dative	cinntiteach; chinntiteach1	chinntiteach; chinntithigh (archaic)	cinntiteacha; chinntiteacha2
Comparative	níos cinntithí
Superlative	is cinntithí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

cinntitheach m (genitive singular cinntithigh, nominative plural cinntithigh)

1. determinant
2. (grammar) determiner

Declension

Declension of cinntitheach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cinntitheach cinntithigh vocative a chinntithigh a chinntitheacha genitive cinntithigh cinntitheach dative cinntitheach cinntithigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cinntitheach na cinntithigh genitive an chinntithigh na gcinntitheach dative leis an gcinntitheach don chinntitheach leis na cinntithigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cinntitheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cinntitheach	chinntitheach	gcinntitheach

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), “cinntitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cinntitheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cinntitheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025