muinntir

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 Superseded spelling of muintir.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
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɯiɲtʲɪɾʲ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈməin̪ʲtʃʰəð]

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
muinntirmhuinntir
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
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muinter”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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