muintir

• muinntear (obsolete)
• muinntir (superseded)

Originally the dative singular, from Old Irish muinter.[1]

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠiːn̠ʲtʲəɾʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪn̠ʲtʲəɾʲ/

muintir f (genitive singular muintire, nominative plural muintireacha)

1. family
2. (collective) parents
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:

     Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.

     Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

3. relative
4. people, folk, tribe, nation, band

• When used by itself, in modern Irish it refers to ‘parents’;
• When used with a following attributive noun, it means ‘folk’ or ‘people’:

  muintir na hÉireann ― the Irish

  muintir na Spáinne ― the Spanish

• (parents): tuismitheoirí

• athair muintire m (“the father of a family”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muintir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muinntear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 500

• IPA^(key): /ˈmun͈ʲtʲirʲ/

muintir

1. inflection of muinter:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual